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10 Aug 2024 20:59:31 EDT (-0400)
  Re: [Idea] User Documentation Project  
From: Twyst
Date: 30 Dec 1998 12:59:35
Message: <368a6a07.0@news.povray.org>
dar### [at] pipelinecom wrote in message <36896B55.D609E985@pipeline.com>...

>
>Yup, i'm a physicist.   Such things I understand well in my sleep.   I'd be
>happy to explain scattering, quilt patterns, and whatnot in non-math terms,
>with plenty of pictures.
>

Yay! (Twyst sneaks over, ties Daren up, and makes him tell all he knows)
>
>> -- Yes, it can be useful, but without a detailed
>> explanation ( in layman's terms, not mathematical) It's pretty useless to
>> me. I usually just skip right over them.
>> Renderings SHOWING the effects of the different settings would be far
more
>> useful, imho.
>
>An excellent idea.   The official POV docs show a nice series of images to
>explain some things, but whoa! is it lacking in others.    For a long time
>I've been wanting to make a table of superellipsoid settings and their
>results.   I've been too lazy to actually do this, but now, Lance, you have
>made the call for this Great Project, so now I will get real about this.

Go to, go to!

Oh ya. I'm not Lance. =)


>
>---
>Daren Scot Wilson
>dar### [at] pipelinecom
>www.newcolor.com
>"A ship...etc"  (just reinstalled linux, still haven't restored my email
>signature file)
>


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