NearPrim

NAME

NearPrim - set near clipping plane of primitives
SYNOPSIS

NearPrim expr
DESCRIPTION

Set the position of the near clipping plane of all selected primitives. The position is given as distance from the viewing point, the center of the display has distance 10.0 from the viewing point. When a negative value is given, the current value will be unchanged. When 0.0 is given, no separate clipping will be done, the global clipping planes set by ClipPos and ClipSize are then used.

This command is mainly useful for surfaces, by clipping away the front part it is possible to see the inside.

EXAMPLE

NearPrim 8.0
SEE ALSO

SelectPrim, AddSurface, ClipPos, ClipSize, TrimSurface

DATE

970718


Reto Koradi, kor@mol.biol.ethz.ch