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6 Aug 2024 19:34:30 EDT (-0400)
  Re: co-incident surface question  
From: John VanSickle
Date: 2 Feb 2002 00:49:54
Message: <3C5B7F4B.7B725D24@hotmail.com>
Tom Melly wrote:
> 
> Honest this is not a feature request.
> 
> I was curious as to why POV doesn't solve the problem of c.s.
> surfaces.

<snip>

> In the above example (and in many RLCoding situations) it doesn't make
> any difference anyway, since the material is the same for both.

In the situations where it does matter, it is very simple to model
so that the surfaces no longer coincide, but still achieve the desired
effect.

In other words, the problem went unsolved because the need to solve it
is not very urgent.

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