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From: sherman@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: polf errors on 4D 70 GT
Message-ID: <19400001@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 25 Feb 90 01:31:18 GMT
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/* Written 12:10 pm  Feb 23, 1990 by jsivier@UX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU */

>     Has anyone else noticed anything like this?  I am displaying a large
> number of objects on a Iris 4D 70 GT. There are at least several hundred
> polygons on the screen at any given time.  As I move my POV around various of
> the polygons will have their centers clipped out.  The left and right ends are
> displayed correctly but the center portions are not there.  These polygons

Sounds to me like the near clipping plane needs to be nearer.  Did you try
this Jon?

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jonathan Sivier
> jsivier@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu

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