[GRASSLIST:9187] Re: NVIZ flipping

[Māris Nartišs]

Hi,

Maybee its not a bug but a feature? ;)

Maris.

2005/11/22, Tom Russo <russo at bogodyn.org>:
> On Mon, Nov 21, 2005 at 10:45:08PM +0100, we recorded a bogon-computron collision of the <werchowyna at epf.pl> flavor, containing:
> > On pon, 2005-11-21 at 13:33 -0800, Ian MacMillan wrote:
> > > Hi all, I don't think I have seen this issue addressed in the past
> > > (sorry if it has already been addressed), but it is a long time problem
> > > with nviz.  Whenever I bring my height down below my highest surface
> > > elevation, my image flips upside down.  I can see the underside of my
> > > surface correctly, it is just that I am viewing a mirror image of my
> > > surface, reflected on a horizontal plane.  Once I adjust my height back
> > > higher, the image reverts back to its regular orientation.  I have
> > > experienced this bug since Grass 5.0, and am now using GRASS 6.1cvs.
> > > It usually isn't a problem, however if one has multiple sub-parallel
> > > surfaces, it is difficult to view the lower surfaces.
> > >
> > > Has anyone else experienced this?  Is it just too complicated a bug to
> > > fix?  Does it only happen on macs?
> >
> > For sure not only, I've been having it on different Linuces as well.
> > Annoying, I admit. Hopefully Bob can take a look at this. He's done a
> > loot of good things for NVIZ.
>
> I've been observing this behavior for years (since the early betas of
> 5.0.0), and I believe it has been commented on in this list often.  I
> think if someone figures out why it happens they will earn the undying
> gratitude of many NVIZ users.  Or at least one.
>
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