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  Re: Isosurface: max_gradient warning?  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 23 Jun 2013 07:24:06
Message: <51c6dad6@news.povray.org>
I get none of the messages below (except in version 3.6 of course). My 
system is windows...

Thomas

On 23-6-2013 10:27, Le_Forgeron wrote:
> Le 22/06/2013 15:57, Thomas de Groot nous fit lire :
>> On 22-6-2013 10:38, Le_Forgeron wrote:
>>> 2. computation of max_gradient in isosurface is not thread-safe, have
>>> you tested (the slow) -WT1 option (limiting to one thread, it's slow,
>>> but then safe)
>>>
>>> (point 2 is already reported as #296 in bugs.povray.org)
>>>
>>
>> No message with -WT1 either.
>>
>> Thomas
> With 3.6 I got (320x240):
> =========================
> File: iso.pov  Line: 44
> File Context (5 lines):
>                       - P1aa(x, y, z)*P1gain
>                      }
> isosurface {
>    function {
> Shutdown Warning: The maximum gradient found was 8.130, but max_gradient
> of the
>   isosurface was set to 5.000. The isosurface may contain holes! Adjust
>   max_gradient to get a proper rendering of the isosurface.
>
>
>
> With 3.7RC7+ (icpc compiled, 12 threads, 800x600):
> =============
> File: iso.pov  Line: 44
> Shutdown Warning: The maximum gradient found was 8.143, but max_gradient
> of the
>   isosurface was set to 5.000. The isosurface may contain holes! Adjust
>   max_gradient to get a proper rendering of the isosurface.
>
>
>
> With 3.7RC7+ (icpc compiled, 1 thread, 800x600):
> =============
> File: iso.pov  Line: 44
> Shutdown Warning: The maximum gradient found was 8.339, but max_gradient
> of the
>   isosurface was set to 5.000. The isosurface may contain holes! Adjust
>   max_gradient to get a proper rendering of the isosurface.
>
>
>
>
> Same kind of result with gcc compiled.
>
> With 3.6 at 800x600:
> ====================
> File: iso.pov  Line: 44
> File Context (5 lines):
>                       - P1aa(x, y, z)*P1gain
>                      }
> isosurface {
>    function {
> Shutdown Warning: The maximum gradient found was 8.339, but max_gradient
> of the
>   isosurface was set to 5.000. The isosurface may contain holes! Adjust
>   max_gradient to get a proper rendering of the isosurface.
>
> So, I cannot duplicate the original issue, at least on the unix port.
>
>> Whatever value for max_gradient I use (too low or too high) the
>> expected warning never appears in the message window like it used to
>> do. I need it to determine the values for evaluate.
>
> The only difference is less context.
> Or is it a Windows specific issue ? (I hope not)
>


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