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From: blbates@AERO4.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates AAD/TAB MS361 x42854")
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Subject: Re:  gl question - editing large objects
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Date: 25 Jul 90 13:48:11 GMT
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   I never use the object commands (until recently, when it was the
easiest way to do things and then it only had transformations in it).
The way I read the manuals the object commands were kept for backward
compatability and would be slower than just executing the drawing commands.
   I use mainly FORTRAN, but, this is what I do.  I store the information
in arrays and use do loops, etc. and plot the information.  If you
change the array information you don't have to do any object edits.
   I suppose in C it would be easier to  create data structures that
would make things easier, but I am still a novice C programmer.
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	Brent L. Bates
	NASA-Langley Research Center
	M.S. 361
	Hampton, Virginia  23665-5225
	(804) 864-2854
	E-mail: blbates@aero4.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero2.larc.nasa.gov