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optimization question: a faster way to PIXMAP?
- Subject: optimization question: a faster way to PIXMAP?
- From: "Dennis J. Boccippio" <djboccip(at)bellsouth.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 19:13:09 -0500
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A question for the IDL gurus:
- I have data in the form of irregular polygons, each polygon has
an associated value (let's call it an amplitude). I want a
composite image of the sum of all these polygons' amplitudes.
- My current approach is to :
(1) create a (large) WINDOW,../PIXMAP,
(2) render each polygon using POLYFILL
(3) TVRD() the pixmap window
(4) add this to an accumulation array
... iterate (1)-(4) until all polygons have been rendered
This works, but is painfully slow. Profiling the code shows that
by far the most significant logjam is the TVRD() of the pixmap.
So: does anyone know of more efficient ways to do this? Is the Z
device an option - it seems like it can be used for internal frame
storage, but would still have to be probed by TVRD()...?
Thanks,
Dennis
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