Yadgar <j.b### [at] ndhnet> wrote:
: Does that mean that I can save such an amount of memory even when I
: construct my standard "primitive" (e. g. a box) from triangles and then
: place and scale it randomly - or does it work only with *identical*
: copies?

  As Peter said, you will not get too much saving from making one primitive
with a mesh and then copying it.
  The real memory saving with meshes come when you can make a bigger mesh
(eg. one containing some hundreds or thousands of "primitives") and then
copy this bigger mesh.

  Also note that this type of big mesh renders a lot faster than the
equivalent group of primitives.

  You can apply transformations (scale, rotate and translate) to the copies
with no problems.

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