Why Do We Clip?

Clipping is an important optimization

  • Clipping is a visibility preprocess. In real-world scenes clipping can remove a substantial percentage of the environment from consideration.
  • Assures that only potentially visible primitives are rasterized. What advantage does this have over two-dimensional clipping. Are there cases where you have to clip?
Lecture 12   Slide 3   6.837 Fall '00