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2D Shapes & SHAPE/CHECK!

    22-Jan-94 01:37:46
Sb: 2D Shapes & SHAPE/CHECK!
Fm: Martin Enthed 100277,1272
To: Jonas Ruikis [ADESK] 73172,1351
When doing SHAPE/CHECK in the 2D Shaper to check if the Assigned polygones are OK, you get to know if and where a polygon selfintersects. But if you have a not closed polygon you just get the messagage "All polygones must be closed". As I know there is no way to see WISH polygone it is that is open!!! I have noticed this before but havn't seen it as a BIG problem before today!! I'm working on an animation that shall show the MAP of Europe and a mobilephone companies areas of coverage. I have 94 polygones and about 1805 vertices, all to be lofted att the same time. When I have Assigned all, and makes the SHAPE/CHECK i get the above answer, that one or more polygones is left open! BUT WHERE!!!! It should be put pumped out of the screen in SELFILLUM PINK screamy color or something so I can correct my error <g>. But the thing to do now is to assign a couple of polygones at a time so when I get the error I have narrowed it down to just a couple of polygones, and so on…., this method takes TIME!!! Another way around this is not to make open polygones in the first place <BG>! I tryed that method but failed. Something to do with late night,no coffe, want to go home, hate phone companies not having full coverage everywhere and frustration over doing it by hand!!! If there is a way to locate the open polygon that I'm not aware of PLEASE tell me, otherwice just add this to R4 wishlist!!! Over and out!! -M.E