POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.animations : Leaving a Trail : Re: Leaving a Trail Server Time
17 May 2024 05:37:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Leaving a Trail  
From: Rune
Date: 18 Jun 2007 20:56:22
Message: <467729b6$1@news.povray.org>
Roman Reiner wrote:
> A merge or union of cylinders will most probably give better results
> in less render time than both methods described above (all might be
> worth a try though)

Yes, agreed. I don't know why I forgot about that option.

Merge can be very slow with a high number of objects though, so if a 
semi-transparent path is desired, sphere_sweeps may be faster after all, 
though I haven't compared results myself. If a semi-transparent path is not 
needed, union should definitely be used rather than merge.

Rune
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