POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Co-planar polygons : Re: Co-planar polygons Server Time
30 Jul 2024 02:24:53 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Co-planar polygons  
From: Mike Thorn
Date: 19 Nov 2004 21:20:52
Message: <419eaa04$1@news.povray.org>
Tim Nikias wrote:
>>What am I doing wrong??
> 
> 
> Do all these points lie on the surface of *one* plane? I doubt it, just by
> the look of the values spread around. If you use just three points, it
> always works, as three points always create a plane, but a fourth one might
> make some trouble. Maybe you've just had luck with the combination for other
> polygons.

A quick top-down view check reveals that you hit it spot on. I never 
would have even thought of checking that. And even once I knew that's 
what the problem was, it was trial-and-error to fix it!

Thanks a bunch!

~Mike


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