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[Bruno Chareyre <bruno.chareyre@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello

Does this means that edges can have a radius too, like a cylinder 
between the two nodes?

Bruno

> About shrinkFactor from IF2IS4SCG:
> The radius of the inscribed circle of the facet is decreases by the
> value of the sphere's radius multipled by shrinkFactor. So, at
> definition of a contact point on the surface made of facets, the 
> surface is not continuous and is similar to a surface covered with a
> tile, with a gap between the separate tiles equal to the sphere's radius
> multiplied by 2*shrinkFactor. By default shrinkFactor=0.
>
> I added this docs to IF2IS4SCG.
>
>   


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