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JafferAB
Nov 6th, 2001, 05:37 PM
hehe, someone must know, someone i know thinks its faces, and it ihnk its triangles!
mlewis
Nov 6th, 2001, 06:04 PM
OK no offense but I busted a seam laughing over this one. Remember your basic highschool math:

Polygon: a closed curve with straight sides

Translation: a bunch of little lines that all touch each other
Ex: squares, triangles, pentagons, and anything else that doesn't have holes.
Zaei
Nov 6th, 2001, 06:07 PM
A curve doesnt, by definition, have straight edges =).

Any 2 dimensional figure with 3 or more straight edges is a polygon. When moving into 3 dimensions, the figure must be coplanar.

Z.
mlewis
Nov 6th, 2001, 06:31 PM
*AHEM*

First, a curve CAN be a straight segment; ever take calculus? Or algebra II? or geometry? or 1st grade math? (j/k on the last one)

Second, it MUST BE CLOSED. All segments must contact exactly two others on their endpoints. Crossing lines and lines that don't touch disqualify a curve from being a polygon.
Zaei
Nov 6th, 2001, 06:57 PM
My bad. No, ive never taken Calculus =(, and didnt learn a thing in Algebra II (knew most every bit of it already...). I bow to your superior knowledge =).

Z.
Fox
Nov 7th, 2001, 06:51 AM
*cough* ...

Since we're in a game programming forum here the definition of a polygon would be:

A class containing at least:
- 3 corner points (or links to them) that are stored in a certain direction (cw or ccw)
- Can also support a color
- And/or several maps (like a texture)
- Other Properties, depending on how you need it (ie. if this polygon is collidable, transparent, etc.)
JafferAB
Nov 7th, 2001, 06:57 AM
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thanx fo rthe polygon help :D