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  Re: Inside the Crackle pattern => Source posted & Some problems (30KB + 28KB)  
From: Tor Olav Kristensen
Date: 18 Oct 2000 19:47:18
Message: <39EE356F.10561BCA@hotmail.com>
Christoph Hormann wrote:

> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
> ...
> > Has anyone else seen these kind of errors with iso-surfaces before ?
> ...
>
>
> I had a quick look at the code, your isosurface function does have abrupt
> changes of values and those often cause problems (i had problems when using
> object_pattern in isosurface functions for example) increasing max_gradient or
> accuracy might help, but in general functions with abrupt changes are not ideal
> for isosurface functions.

I was not aware of problems with such functions.

I'll bear it in mind till my next isosurface project.


I don't know what an object_pattern is, but I'll try to read some more in the
MegaPOV documentation.

Thanks again.


Tor Olav
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