3D computer graphics (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that utilize a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing ...

The polygon object can be any shape that has at least three sides and allows for a wide variety of common shapes to be stored in vector form. The example above is a pentagon but a polygon could be ...

Co-ordinates are used to identify the position of an object on screen. Most shapes will make use of at least two coordinates, X and Y. In the most common vector graphic file format (SVG), the default ...

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