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#Particle FX

    12-Nov-94 00:44:32
Sb: #1699-#Particle FX
Fm: sanford kennedy 73201,1374
To: Jim Jonah 73517,3532
Jim, No, I am not a programmer. I am an engineer and have been a computer and circuit board designer. My conclusions are observations of every software package that has emerged that did graphics since 1978, when I started trying to draw pictures on my first Tandy. I have been dissappointed that I could not find any effects done directly with spline patch models. The problem seems to arrise from the inability to break apart the patches patches along a spline and maintain their independent integrity. In all polygonal programs you can do this easily. Have you ever seen a spline patch that could be turned into particles? If so, what program? Regards, Sanford