Cross section view of 3D model in director

Hello everyone
I would like to know if it is possible to create cross
section views (to define a cutting plane to be able to look inside
the model) of a 3D model using Lingo . If so, can you give some
insight on how to do it?
Thks
xnr

> I would like to know if it is possible to create cross
section views (to
> define a cutting plane to be able to look inside the
model) of a 3D model using
> Lingo.
This might also give you an interesting option:
http://director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=1104

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Hoskins, John D. wrote:
Thanks for the feedback.
The problem I was solving involved a single string, which contained
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John D. Hoskins
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-----Original Message-----
From: Craig V. Conover [mailto:<a href="/group/SunONE-JATO/post?protectID=219212113009229091025149066024064239039098031198039130252055210">craig.conover@s...</a>]
Sent: 6/26/2002 3.22 PM
Subject: Re: [SunONE-JATO] Re: How to use a tiled view without a model
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