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rjwalsh@maths.tcd.ie (Robert Walsh) writes:
>I don't think that was quite what I meant. Suppose I map a bitmap
>onto this:

>       ----
>      /    \
>      /    \
>      ------

>then I should get a bitmap appearing to hover in three space. The
>bitmap should be scaled squashed at the top and fatter down towards
>the bottom. If I map it onto a square, it should be an exact scale
>replica of the original bitmap.

>Extending the above further, I should be able to map the bitmap onto
>something like this:

>      /\
>     /  |_
>    /     |
>    \______\

>and have it scaled properly all across it.

>Am I asking to do something that only a Cray could manage in realtime? Is
>this feasible on a 33Mhz 386?

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I could be wrong, but I think this is along the lines of surface mapping.
I don't know the algorithms involved, but someone on comp.graphics might
know which texts to reference.

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