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6
Use the Right Model for the Job
VRML supplies some ready-made primitives --elevation grids for building terrain, extrusions for modeling toothpaste or snakes. 800 triangles.
Text can be modeled (or can be done as a texture map). Top: 303 triangles. Bottom: 2 triangles.
IndexedFaceSets work well when a flexible modeling technique is needed. Horse: 389 triangles. Platform: 64 triangles.
Horse model by Zsoka Barkacs
Line sets and point sets have unique graphic effect. Glass: 51 line segments, Algorithmic animation: 200 line segments repeated 4 times. Sphere 200 triangles.
Lines demo by Pioneer Joel