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16 Nov 2024 13:22:08 EST (-0500)
  Re: Question on SOR's, Lathe's, and Prism's  
From: Fabien Mosen
Date: 11 Aug 1998 08:49:08
Message: <35d02fb4.0@news.povray.org>
In article <35CF2FDB.26B4BE1D@pacbell.net>, tyl### [at] pacbellnet says...
>
 With regards to sors, prisms,
>and lathes, are they too considered to be infinitely thin objects,
>with the only difference they have from a disc object would be
>that the have been folded in 3d space to form a definable shape.

Lathes, SOR, and prisms are "plain" shapes, with a well-defined 
inside/outside, and should work (and usually does) well in CSG.
However, high order calculations they require sometimes leads
to unexpected results.
Have you tried the STURM keyword with these ?

Cheers,
Fabien.


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