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7 Aug 2024 11:22:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Should this take 5 mins to render?  
From: Ken
Date: 2 Oct 2001 22:06:12
Message: <3BBA73DF.9E8759E3@pacbell.net>
Rob Brown-Bayliss wrote:
> 
> I am rendering one instance of this object, nothiung else and it's taking
> 5 mins.  But other (lathe) objects take around 1 min under teh same
> lighting conditions, and same texture...
> 
> #local Scol = difference
> {
>                 #local Count=0;
>                 #while (Count < 50)
                                  ^^
You are differencing 50 torus objects from each other. Reduce that number to
2 and it will render considerably faster. Considering what you were doing
5 min. is not at all out of line.

-- 
Ken Tyler


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