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5 Aug 2024 06:20:09 EDT (-0400)
  Re: disk bug?  
From: Le Forgeron
Date: 19 Nov 2002 06:41:33
Message: <3DDA236D.1030804@free.fr>
hughes, b. wrote:

> I thought disc was described in the Doc as being like a plane.
> 
> Ah ha! Yes it is, just checked. Says:
> 
> Note: The inside of a disc is the inside of the plane that contains the
> disc. Also note that it is not constrained by the radius of the disc.
> 


Now, I have a question: Why is it so ?
Moreover, excepted for 'Camera insideness', is the 'Inside' test of a 
disc ever used for something ? (media ? CSG intersection/difference 
seems out of range...)
Was it for some 'interior texture vs exterior texture' ?


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