3D patches

[David Bateman]

Ben Abbott wrote:
>
> Regarding the current need for a general 3D patch with a planar 
> constraint (i.e. a rotated 2D geometry), does anyone have an idea for 
> how such a patch may be rendered using gnuplot?

The only way I can see to do it currently with gnuplot is to do a 
delaunay triangulation of the patch (assuming its planar), deal with the 
convex/concave issues and  triangles outside the border of the original 
patch, and then plot it as if it was a set of triangles.. This is 
particularly messy and probably better to do something like this within 
gnuplot itself with the 3D equivalent of the 2D "filledcurve" option..

D.



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