Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!eos!eugene From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: iso-surfaces in SciVi Message-ID: <5293@eos.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 89 21:07:17 GMT References: <19889@mimsy.UUCP> Reply-To: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya) Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Calif. Lines: 15 Iso surface: (2-D in a 3-D or higher-D) A geometric structure, or concept with a CONSTANT value (ranging across a domain). An extention from the concept of isobars (contour lines of constant pressure), isotherms (constant temperature), isobels, iso-this/iso-that Always a boundary. Not to be confused with the International Standards Organization. 8) Another gross generalization from --eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@aurora.arc.nasa.gov resident cynic at the Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers: "You trust the `reply' command with all those different mailers out there?" "If my mail does not reach you, please accept my apology." {ncar,decwrl,hplabs,uunet}!ames!eugene Live free or die.