normdoering <nor### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> What's the difference between a wireframe and a mesh?

  A mesh is a data structure containing vertex vectors, normal vectors and
index triplets which tell which vertices form triangles.
  From the point of view of the user, a mesh is a collection of free
triangles.
  A mesh is an object.

  A wireframe is a way of representing a surface (*any* surface) by using
line drawing.
  A mesh can be drawn easily as a wireframe (by drawing a line for each
edge of each triangle), but that doesn't make wireframes exclusive to
meshes. All surfaces can be represented as a wireframe (it's only a
question of how easy or difficult it is). Many other surfaces can also
be rather easily drawn as wireframes.
  A wireframe is basically an image, a visualization.

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -

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