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31 Jul 2024 02:23:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: what do U & V stand for ?  
From: Warp
Date: 1 Apr 2003 16:10:00
Message: <3e8a0027@news.povray.org>
LibraryMan <mrm### [at] attnet> wrote:
> In such objects as bicubic patches, what do the u & v stand for in u_steps
> and v_steps? Or in the example given in the documentation,
> (http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/52/) in the uv_vectors and
> uv_mapping?

  They don't stand for anything. They are names of coordinates in the
same way as x, y and z are.

-- 
#macro N(D)#if(D>99)cylinder{M()#local D=div(D,104);M().5,2pigment{rgb M()}}
N(D)#end#end#macro M()<mod(D,13)-6mod(div(D,13)8)-3,10>#end blob{
N(11117333955)N(4254934330)N(3900569407)N(7382340)N(3358)N(970)}//  - Warp -


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