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From: afzal@cui.unige.ch (Afzal Ballim)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Checking rectangle overlap in a plane
Message-ID: <3842@cui.unige.ch>
Date: 22 Nov 90 12:15:28 GMT
Reply-To: afzal@divsun.unige.ch (Afzal Ballim)
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
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Hi,

    can anyone tell me a quick algorithm to check for overlap of
two rectangles that lie in the same plane and have the same orientation?
(Note: must allow for the possibility that one is totally included in
the other.)

Thanks

-Afzal Ballim
afzal@divsun.unige.ch