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| − | + | A clipping plane throws away [[Polygon|polygons]] on the other side of it. This can dramatically speed up the [[Rendering|rendering]] of a polygonal scene, since unneeded polygons can take up valuable processing power. | |
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| + | See also [[BackfaceCulling|backface culling]], [[Frustrum|frustum]], [[HiddenSurfaceRemoval|hidden surface removal]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:09, 14 February 2015
A clipping plane throws away polygons on the other side of it. This can dramatically speed up the rendering of a polygonal scene, since unneeded polygons can take up valuable processing power.
See also backface culling, frustum, hidden surface removal.
