POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Problem trying to bound a sphere : Re: Problem trying to bound a sphere Server Time
8 Aug 2024 18:21:50 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Problem trying to bound a sphere  
From: Chris Colefax
Date: 1 Nov 2000 18:34:23
Message: <3a00a87f@news.povray.org>
Patrick Dugan <pat### [at] usticom> wrote:
> I am trying to remove all infinite objects from my source, but one object
> keeps showing as infinite (found by commenting the code) which is a large
> sphere that the entire scene and camera are inside.  I have tried to use
> bounded_by statements but it still shows infinite.   Anybody know what I
am
> doing wrong?  I am trying to eliminate all the infinite objects to assist
in
> using the photon feature in Megapov.

POV-Ray will often report large spheres as infinite objects (after a quick
test, it seems anything over 1356 units in radius).  I'm not sure what (if
any) effect this has on the rendering, as the size you have is certainly
well below the upper visibility limit.  If the infinity of the sphere is
causing problems, a fix might be to reduce the radius to 1355 units...


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