Re: VRML 1.0

Gavin Bell (gavin@krypton.engr.sgi.com)
Wed, 4 Oct 1995 09:37:39 -0700


It is a philisophical thing-- VRML describes what a scene is, NOT how
it should be drawn. Turning on/off backface removal is a how-to-draw-it
operation. Specifying that shapes are solid and that they have
consistently ordered polygons doesn't esstrict how the shapes should
be drawn.

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