From leboeuf@CERCA.UMontreal.CA  Tue Aug 25 17:22:34 1998



Hi !

I'm not sure exactly what kind of cavity you're talking about,
but if it is defined through a polygonal surface, the marching
cube algorithm will give you both surface and volume. The original
article is Lorensen & Cline, Comp. Graph., vol.21, no. 4, '87, p163

bye, Martin.

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