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From: pdbourke@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (Paul David Bourke)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Contour and Surface PLots
Message-ID: <1991May11.063410.26780@ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz>
Date: 11 May 91 06:34:10 GMT
References: <1991May11.043422.21518@athena.mit.edu>
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Organization: University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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Two choices using software I have in the public domain as shareware.

1) If you have access to a 3D modelling package then you can get a utility
package called TRIANGULATE. It takes a text file of randomly distributed
samples of a surface (x y z per line) and creates a mesh representation
of the surface at a user specified resolution. This mesh can be exported
to a 3D modeller. It has been tested with StrataVision, Vision-3D, Super3D,
MicroStation. It will work with others that accept DXF or Super3D formats.

2) Vision-3D is a full featured 3D modelling package for the Mac II family
of computers. One of its capabilities includes contouring as well as
perspective views of the surface from any camera position. 2D projections
of a view can be saved in PICT for 2D CAD packages like MacDraw or ClarisCAD.

Both of these are available via FTP from
   ccu1.aukuni.ac.nz (130.216.1.5)
they are located in the
   /mac/architec
directory

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