POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.unofficial.patches : dat_?d_? : Re: dat_?d_? Server Time
2 Nov 2024 09:18:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: dat_?d_?  
From: david sharp
Date: 17 Dec 1999 07:25:37
Message: <385a2bc1@news.povray.org>
ingo  wrote
> david sharp wrote:
>
> >is there *any* interest in being able to use
> >".df3" media density files as input for the
> >dat_3d_3, dat_2d_1, (etc) SuperPatch
> >functions?
>
> I don't know. Would there be a difference in result wether you use a .df3
in
> dat_3d_3 or use it in a pigment based isosurface? If so, what is the
> difference?

there should not be much difference except that .df3 has a maximum
of 8 bit precision in its values, while you can get up to 64 bits
precision with a couple of the dat_3d_3 file formats.


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