Extrude then Cap -OR- PlanarSrf then Extrude

For making closed solid BReps, is one way better performance-wise? I've got a rectangle. I can either extrude then cap, or I can planar surface then extrude. Is this a 6 and one half dozen situation? Or is one way better?

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Permalink Reply by David Rutten on April 17, 2010 at 10:44am

Chris,

it's not exactly the same code, but I doubt it matters a great deal. The most expensive operations are the extruding and the joining of all faces afterwards, both of which have to happen in both cases.

I can't really defend this, but I'd prefer the Capping solution. Perhaps because it suffers less from oddly structured extrusion curve trees...

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David Rutten
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Permalink Reply by Damien Alomar on April 17, 2010 at 11:43am

The absolute fastest way, if your working from a rectangles, would be to create the box directly rather than extruding. Doesn't help for anything else though...

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