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7 Aug 2024 15:13:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: VFAQ question  
From: Warp
Date: 6 Sep 2001 11:39:09
Message: <3b97989d@news.povray.org>
ingo <ing### [at] homenl> wrote:
:> One additional problem is that the doc (6.5.6.5) states that "merge
:> is slower rendering than union so it should only be used when it is
:> really necessary".

: Changed that one a bit.

  How did you change it? I think it may be enough to add "with non-transparent
objects" somewhere, or something like that. (And perhaps add a note that
with transparent objects the behaviour is different and the proper CSG should
be chosen depending on that.)

-- 
#macro N(D,I)#if(I<6)cylinder{M()#local D[I]=div(D[I],104);M().5,2pigment{
rgb M()}}N(D,(D[I]>99?I:I+1))#end#end#macro M()<mod(D[I],13)-6,mod(div(D[I
],13),8)-3,10>#end blob{N(array[6]{11117333955,
7382340,3358,3900569407,970,4254934330},0)}//                     - Warp -


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