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29 Jul 2024 18:25:47 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Can povray ignore errors in scene definitions?  
From: Bryan Heit
Date: 3 Jun 2005 17:19:02
Message: <42a0c946$1@news.povray.org>
jfd wrote:
> On:
> 
> cylinder {
> <-1.835, 1.012, -0.3288>, <-1.835, 1.012, -0.3288>, 0.02201
> 
> I Get:
> Parse Error: Degenerate cylinder, base point = apex point.
> 
> Can I tell povray to ignore such an invalid cylinder def?
> 
> Cheers,
> Jurgen
> 
> 

Are you trying to make a disk (i.e. 2D cylinder)?  If so there is a disk 
object, I believe it is in "shapes.inc" (search the help file for 
"disk").  Otherwise, why not draw the disk as being a very, very thin 
cylinder:

cylinder {
<-1.835, 1.012, -0.3287>, <-1.835, 1.012, -0.3288>, 0.0220 }

Bryan


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