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12 Aug 2024 23:18:09 EDT (-0400)
  Re: USER DOCUMENTATION PROJECT [ PLEASE READ ]  
From: Mike
Date: 29 Jan 1999 21:42:53
Message: <36B270E7.3CECAD6F@aol.com>
I skipped that section. :)

Actually, that's not entirely true.  First I drew out some patches on
grid paper, tried to input it by hand, rendered it...then skipped that
section.

-Mike

Dan Connelly wrote:
> 
> When I first downloaded POV, I got to the bicubic patch section of the tutorial,
> was utterly and totally confused, put it aside and let it sit idle for around
> 6 months..... I almost purged it from my system until I entered IRTC
> with Ray Dream Studio and received several comments that I should have
> used POV-Ray instead.  So instead of following tutorials, I tried
> to reproduce my Ray Dream Studio image in POV by using the reference section,
> realized how elegent and simple it was, and became hooked.  But the tutorial
> almost lost me..... I came very close to uninstalling it from my disk.
> 
> Dan
> 
> > Tutorials must flow.  Our current tutorial teaches bicubic_patch before box
> > & cone because it comes first alphabetically!  That's stupid!
> 
> --
> http://www.flash.net/~djconnel/


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