[sldev] How to make speicific cyclinder

[Cai Xiao(dynaturtle)]

Well, personally, I think it is a good news. I am looking forward for this
new feature.

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Melinda Green <melinda at superliminal.com>wrote:

> Stickman wrote:
>
>> Proper polygon mesh primitives are definitely coming so it may be best
>>> to wait for that if you can.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I haven't heard ANYTHING about this, and I am very interested in it.
>> The few Jiras I've seen on the issue were so woefully lacking on
>> information that I feared to vote for them because there's no telling
>> what could get put in. I've been looking for time to build up a more
>> complete Jira on the issue of mesh primitives -- and riggable meshes.
>>
>> May I ask where you got this information, and if it's a source I can
>> peruse?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Stickman
>>
>>
>
> I know this because I was Coco Linden until recently, and the subject came
> up often in our discussions. Mesh support is certainly a very highly
> requested feature and I know that many Lindens want it as much as you do.
> I've done a fair bit of computational geometry and data visualization work
> in the past so I know exactly how you feel. Nobody that I know of is against
> the idea and as you can imagine, there has been some very early design and
> prototyping work done. I won't give names or details because I don't want to
> burden anyone in the lab, all of whom are working far too hard as it is.
> Just feel assured that this sort of thing is very important, and your
> requests and suggestions are definitely not being ignored. I don't know of
> any fundamental roadblocks. It just requires some due diligence and a
> Linden's concerted effort. There are simply only so many developers,
> designers, QA, etc. and issues of stability and usability must always take
> precedence over new features. I don't want to get anyone's hopes up but I do
> want you to take heart and to not try to torture the poor sculpties too far
> beyond their original intent.
>
> -Melinda
>



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