POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : helixical media : Re: helixical media Server Time
11 Aug 2024 05:15:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: helixical media  
From: Gail Shaw
Date: 3 Sep 1999 02:07:40
Message: <37cf65ac@news.povray.org>
Peter Popov wrote in message ...
>You mention sphere sweeps, are you using the SuperPatch? If so, I
>think you could come up with a function pattern (like atan(z/x), for
>example) or a limited  Taylor series expansion thereof (depends which
>one will be faster). If not, consider using the density_file pattern.
>


Yes, I'm using superpatch.

Could you explain more about function patterns and density_file please,
that or point me at some documentation/tutorials. I haven't run across
those before.

Gail
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