POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Point of Intersection : Re: Point of Intersection Server Time
14 Nov 2024 17:12:36 EST (-0500)
  Re: Point of Intersection  
From: Peter Popov
Date: 5 Jun 1999 17:32:00
Message: <375c967d.38406918@news.povray.org>
On Sat, 5 Jun 1999 09:45:09 -0700, "David Vincent-Jones"
<geo### [at] galaxynetcom> wrote:

>When I move, for instance, a box towards a height field, there is a point
>where the box visually disappears inside the height field. We could call
>this the 'crash' point.
>This location can be very hard to calculate with irregular objects, but
>given the optimal view-point it is very easy to see.
>Is there any way in which I can get system feedback when a portion of the
>'box' is obscured?
>
This is currently only possible using the "trace" function of the
superpatch, afaik.

Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700


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