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    13-May-95 11:18:18
Fm: Rob Bryerton 73747,433
To: Kenneth M. Rieger 76043,615
>>The ends of the word were exploding first (front and backwards), and the pieces moved towards the middle of the word, The pieces passed each other, and then went flying off in the other direction!<<\ Ooops! When you have Exploder process an object that is off center (not at 0,0,0), or its' axis is off center, or it has holes, things _could_ get weird (as you have noticed <g>)… I suspect it has something to do with the hole code in Exploder, as I _really_ did'nt spend much time there. Holes need to be handled (and written) in a certain fashion, as tS expects them to be arranged in a certain way within the object relative to their bordering 'solid' polygonal faces. >> I guess you can leave that in 1.37 as an "undocumented feature". <g> << Yeah, it could be the Exploder 1.37 Preview Program <VBG>. Looks like MS started something big…notice how people are paying companies to beta for them via so called preview programs? Kind of a scary trend, but then again it's cool (sometimes) to be on the 'bleeding edge'. So far Symantec and NewTek are doing the old pre release ala Win95; I curious to see who does it next. Thanks for reporting this behavior; I'll try to have it fixed for Exploder 2.0… >>Great program Rob-keep 'em coming!<< Thanks for the compliment, and, believe me, Exploder is just the tip of the iceberg (tease, tease) <g> See ya later, Rob