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11 Aug 2024 07:11:31 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Black spots on a height field  
From: Wojtek Bauman
Date: 24 Aug 1999 11:00:44
Message: <37C2B376.903D2ABB@spleen.waw.pl>
Ken wrote:
> 
> Wojtek Bauman wrote:
> >
> > Bob Hughes wrote:
> > >
> > > What version and platform are you running there?
> > > Did you try the 'smooth' keyword yet? Just in case it's jaggedly
> > > contoured.
> >
> > I tried it. I also tried increasing max_trace_level,
> > max_intersections
> > and adc_bailout, but that didn't help.
> 
> One thing that MAY be happening though you did not mention is it is that
> you are using a very low resolution image for the HF and have very sharp
> transitions in the height values of the HF itself. Sometimes I have seen
> "cracking" in these situations and the fix in my case was to increase the
> size of the image used to make the HF from.
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler

Hmm... That may help. I'll try to do what you said. Thanks.

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