[news.eclipse.gef3d] Re: Some refactoring, standalone draw3d viewers.

[Miles Parker <milesparker@xxxxxxxxx>]

> > Miles: I will work on shapes after I finished the draw3d viewer. I will 
> > add cones and cylinders first. Is there anything in particular that you 
> > need?
>
> Thanks for asking. :)
>
> One thing that I'd like though I don't know if it would be useful for 
> anyone else is the ability to supply a 2D figure and then either rotate 
> it or

I forgot to finish my sentance!

..just place it on an x, y or z oriented plane. Of course we already 
have Z :) But this would allow the simple creation of "cutouts".

As far as actual shapes go, for now I'm just using the LGWL primitives 
which works but as the render context isn't passed in and based on your 
previous comments that won't be a good solution for future.

It seems that spheres are expensive in 3D graphics! Hemispheres would 
be really useful as well and regular polyhedra.