Re: [GRASS-dev] GV_VOLUME: does it exist?

2009-09-04 Thread Markus Neteler
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Benjamin Duckebenjamin.du...@oxfordarch.co.uk wrote: ... My current approach is to think about it like this: Benjamin, could you please add below ideas to http://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/Grass7/VectorLib A) One additional dimension adds one degree of freedom

[GRASS-dev] GV_VOLUME: does it exist?

2009-09-01 Thread Benjamin Ducke
Hi all, could anybody enlighten me about the status of the GRASS 3D geometry type GV_VOLUME? I assume this is meant to be the equivalent of the 2D GV_AREA, i.e. GV_KERNEL + GV_FACE(S)? Is there some actual Vect library level support for processing such geometries or does GV_VOLUME just exist as a

Re: [GRASS-dev] GV_VOLUME: does it exist?

2009-09-01 Thread Hamish
Benjamin Ducke wrote: could anybody enlighten me about the status of the GRASS 3D geometry type GV_VOLUME? I assume this is meant to be the equivalent of the 2D GV_AREA, i.e. GV_KERNEL + GV_FACE(S)? AFAIU it is only really used by NVIZ so far for displaying 3D vector volumes*, but I think it

Re: [GRASS-dev] GV_VOLUME: does it exist?

2009-09-01 Thread Benjamin Ducke
AFAIU it is only really used by NVIZ so far for displaying 3D vector volumes*, but I think it is important to keep it in a state ready to be implemented :) [* e.g. v.in.dxf (not -f) - nviz http://bambi.otago.ac.nz/hamish/grass/screenshots/nyc3d_nviz3_midtown.png ] Hmmm, A quick grep