[Fractdev] <Tim> re: ...calculating the image back to front

Tim said:

There is no hidden surface algorithm other than calculating the image back to front.

Drawing a 3D image from back to front and overlaying previously written pixels corresponding to objects 'farther from you' with pixels from objects 'nearer to you' is called the "painter's algorithm." - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane@earthlink.net <mailto:hallane@earthlink.net> # ######################### No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.6/813 - Release Date: 5/20/07 7:54 AM