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29 Jul 2024 16:33:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Floating point accuracy  
From: Warp
Date: 10 Feb 2011 11:55:12
Message: <4d541870@news.povray.org>
Anthony D. Baye <Sha### [at] spamnomorehotmailcom> wrote:
> One of my works in progress is an orbital view of a planet with a satellite at
> relatively close range.  The problem is that I need a fairly fine detail on the
> satellite, so I've modeled it at 1 unit = 1 inch, but a planet of the same scale
> doesn't render properly.

  If you scale the planet down several orders of magnitude and move it
closer, it will look identical.

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                                                          - Warp


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