POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : difference problem w/3.1 : Re: difference problem w/3.1 Server Time
13 Aug 2024 09:33:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: difference problem w/3.1  
From: Lewis Sellers
Date: 4 Oct 1998 05:50:08
Message: <361736CC.17B95B74@usit.net>
Dan Connelly wrote:
> 
> Lewis Sellers wrote:
> > Hmm. That makes life more difficult. :)
> 
> Nt really -- you get accustomed to it quickly.
> 
> 
> > So, you're saying that I just have to make sure it overlaps by a small
> > amount (.001 or so) to fix it. And that's what every does?
> 
> Yes.  It can either be an offset or a scaling.  But make
> sure it overlaps.
> 
> Also on unions where the components have different textures,
> you must also avoid coincident surfaces for the same reason.
> 
> It's a classic raytracing problem.... as I said, one quickly
> gets used to avoiding it.
> 

Ah. Still feels a bit messy, but thanks. I guess it's a good thing--my
first encounter with a "classic raytracing problem". I think it deserves
it's own month at IRTC. ;-)

Thanks,
--min
 
> Dan
> 
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