Finding the bounding shape of an object

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From: Fraser Orr
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1988 14:50

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Given an arbitrary path, I would like to be able to get a path
that discribes the outside shape of this. Has anybody done this
or have you any suggestions as to how to do this?

Any help would be most appreciated,

Regards,

==Fraser Orr ( Dept C.S., Univ. Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK)
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arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!decwrl!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!ukc!strath-cs!glasgow!orr

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From: orr@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Fraser Orr)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Finding the bounding shape of an object
Message-ID: <1658@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>
Date: 23 Sep 88 14:50:22 GMT
Reply-To: orr%cs.glasgow.ac.uk@nss.ucl.ac.uk (Fraser Orr)
Organization: Comp Sci, Glasgow Univ, Scotland
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