Hi Larry,

re:
> The image I had was of the vector acting like a sort of laser "probe" which would only
> illuminate the object being intersected: an intersect with a priority. In other words,

There are methods like what you describe here used for raytracing renderers.

It's possible to create a type of hierarchical bounding structure around objects such that if the ray intersects an object inside one node of the bounding structure it can know that objects contained in some other further away nodes within the structure do not need to be searched.

But I don't have anything for that already prepared and there is quite a lot of work involved in setting it up and making sure it works properly.


> The "cut closest to the curve" part of your idea might be along similar lines.

It will probably be implemented fairly different from that. Probably something more like it will generate all candidate holes and then only select one to actually use.

- Michael