I'm a newbie...sorry for my english and my simple questions.

Which are the advantages of a triangle used to place of a polygon with 3
edges?
Or the polygon must be more than 3 edges?

Thx,

           Manuel

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In article <3ecab20f@news.povray.org>, "Manuel" <man### [at] tinit> 
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> Which are the advantages of a triangle used to place of a polygon with 3
> edges?

1: Space. 3 vertices instead of a list of vertices.
2: Speed. Solving for an intersection with a triangle is simpler than 
with a general polygon.
3: If you have a lot of them, you can put the triangles in meshes, 
getting even more space and speed optimizations.

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> 1: Space. 3 vertices instead of a list of vertices.
> 2: Speed. Solving for an intersection with a triangle is simpler than
> with a general polygon.
> 3: If you have a lot of them, you can put the triangles in meshes,
> getting even more space and speed optimizations.


OK. Thx for explanation.
:-)

Have you an idea about the percentage of speed
improvement (without mesh construction)?


Cheers,

              Manuel

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