POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : superellipsoid speed : Re: superellipsoid speed Server Time
8 Aug 2024 14:20:44 EDT (-0400)
  Re: superellipsoid speed  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 14 Dec 2000 17:11:40
Message: <3A39459E.11D410D8@gmx.de>
Jonathan Rafael Ghiglia wrote:
> 
> Why isosurface superellipsoids render faster than common ones?

Because they are calculated in a different way.  In fact the isosurface
version is less accurate which can lead to problems in some rare cases.  

Christoph

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Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
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