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26 Sep 2024 17:45:05 EDT (-0400)
  Re: mm_per_unit question  
From: Jim Holsenback
Date: 11 Mar 2011 12:24:16
Message: <4d7a5ac0$1@news.povray.org>
On 03/11/2011 01:06 PM, Stephen wrote:
>> That was interesting because my 1st take on mm_per_unit was that it
>> would be smaller than default because of the size of the model at scale
>> 1. When smaller didn't seem to be working I tried default without much
>> luck either, so I increased to 1000 then 2540, but still had to wildly
>> scale the translucency color. Finally I decided to try a couple of half
>> step itterations between something I considered to be more reasonable
>> (100 - 10) and found the sweet spot. The value I arrived at was so close
>> to the subsurface scene file values, I opted to use mm_per_unit 40 and
>> quickly was able to tune the translucency setting to what's shown above.
>>
> 
> "Suck it and see" technique. :-D

ha-ha ... yes as I mentioned in another thread it seems a bit like
aligning a piece of electronic equipment ... hey it works for me but I'm
a rather odd duck about some things ;-)


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