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From: sun@me.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun)
Subject: sci fic paperback graphics
Message-ID: <91Jun9.131732edt.18823@me.utoronto.ca>
Organization: U of Toronto, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Date: 9 Jun 91 17:17:39 GMT

There is a novel series co-authored by Paul Preuss and Arthur C. Clarke
called "Venus Prime". In each novel, there were a few computer-generated
graphics detailing the structures of some vehicles/spaceships featured
in the novel. All graphics seem to me to be done using a solid modeler
because some of them were shaded. Most of them were shown in the form of
a finite-element mesh using triangular elements.

Does anyone know on what computer-graphics package were these graphics
drawn? They aren't remarkably detailed by they aren't just put together
using graphics primitives either.

Andy