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  Re: Different solution - Re: How does one test to see if a triangle's verticies are arranged in a clockwise or counter c  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 25 Jul 2002 15:22:48
Message: <slrnak0k0a.36n.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 12:11:36 -0700, John Pallett wrote:
> Another way to accomplish the same task is to run recursively through all of
> your adjacent triangles and ensure that the "vertex ordering" of their two
> adjacent vertices is the same.  

Are you sure you don't have this backwards?

  A--B
  |\ |
  | \|
  C--D

Notice that A-D-C and B-D-A are both clockwise, but the D-A edge is not
represented the same in both triangles.

-- 
#macro R(P)z+_(P)_(P)_(P+1)_(P+1)+z#end#macro Q(C,T)bicubic_patch{type 1u_steps
6v_steps 6R(1)R(3)R(5)R(7)pigment{rgb z}}#end#macro _(Y)#local X=asc(substr(C,Y
,1))-65;<T+mod(X,4)div(X,4)9>-2#end#macro O(T)Q("ABEFUQWS",T)Q("WSXTLOJN",T)#
end O(0)O(3)Q("JNKLCGCD",0)light_source{x 1}// ron### [at] povrayorg


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