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2 Nov 2024 09:18:20 EDT (-0400)
  Re: How can I speed it up  
From: Nathan Kopp
Date: 2 Jan 2000 13:49:43
Message: <386f9dc7@news.povray.org>
Frank Stolle <sto### [at] gmxde> wrote ...
> Hi
>
> I've convert some 3DS-Files to POV-Ray. Now the object looks like
>
> #declare MyObj=union {
>   union {  /* subobject 1 */
>     triangle { <......
>     triangle { <......
>     triangle { <......
>     triangle { <......
>   }

etc.

Put things into a mesh (or mesh2 if you use MegaPov) instead of a union of
triangles.

Unions of triangles are a great waste of memory, which can really slow
things down.

-Nathan


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