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Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 07:23:21 -0500 (EST)
From: James Brooks <jamesb@clark.net>
To: Armand Fasano <afasano@hsc.usc.edu>
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Subject: Re: Boolean Problem
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On Thu, 5 Jan 1995, Armand Fasano wrote:
> Help!
> I'm just starting out on LW, and am having a problem in getting the Subtract
> function to work properly.
> The problem is as follows:
> After creating my two objects (sphere in FG and cylinder in BG
> for example) and applying the Subtract function, I get a sphere
> with two regions of points in circular patterns(where my cylinder
> intersected the sphere) on the surface, but it does not create
> new polygons boring into the FG object.
>
> When I render the object, I can see there is some subtle difference
> in the surface at those areas, but definitely no hole
> through the sphere.
>
Is it possible you have the BG object polygons flipped 'inward'?
I have tried this and it seems that I get the same thing what you have
just described.
Alex
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