POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Precision of large objects : Re: Precision of large objects Server Time
30 Jul 2024 06:18:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Precision of large objects  
From: Warp
Date: 26 Aug 2009 11:57:03
Message: <4a955b4f@news.povray.org>
scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
> Try a simple 1-line scene like this:

> sphere{ <0,0,1> .4 scale X pigment{color rgb 10}}

> And increase X until the sphere disappears, on my system X=2e7 doesn't 
> render.

  AFAIK that's not because of precision, but because of an explicit limit
in the source code for such things.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.