POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Scaling : Scaling Server Time
12 Aug 2024 23:21:07 EDT (-0400)
  Scaling  
From: Darcy Johnston
Date: 11 Dec 1998 19:59:16
Message: <3671bfe4.0@news.povray.org>
Just a general question:

Which is actually better, in terms of resources used by povray:
a) to have a smaller scaled object and then scale it up
b) have a larger scaled object and not need to 'scale' it anymore
c) having a small scaled object and just making your scene small scaled?

As an example, if I have a 255 foot tower, am I better off
a) using .1 = 1 foot and then using scale 10 to being it up to 1 unit = 1
foot
b) just using  1unit = 1 foot everywhere
c) just using .1 unit - 1 foot everywhere

or does it matter at all?

I realize this may be a silly question, but I was just curious whether any
of these possibilities makes any difference to Povray.

Thanks,
Darcy


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