the only problem is it generates a skin that must be manually re-drafted into a solid object.
and that is only a problem for O.C. morons like me :)
as you pointed out, long ago - at any conceivable rendering scale, a solids lattice would appear identical to the simple polygon skin, so re-drafting as a solid constitutes needless effort.
how does the old saw go?
"good enough gets the job done, whereas "perfect" is almost impossible and seldom worth the effort"
it is something I'm getting more comfortable with.
and don't kick yourself over the various miscommunications and differences in concepts - you're easy: getting David Drake to concretely define the appearance of a hovertank was much harder, as he'd never really done so in any definite manner - unlike Clancy, Drake doesn't write tech-porn. He did say that, when he thought about it at all, he generally thought of them as looking like scaled-up T64s. so...THIS:
becomes THIS:
