POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: isosurface -> mesh?: Re: isosurface -> mesh?

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From: Rune
Date: 24 Dec 2001 11:19:46
Message: <3c2755a2@news.povray.org>

"Tom Melly" wrote:
> Hmm, well I'm sure you're right, but I'm confused...
>
> An iso-surface evaluates whether a point is on the
> threshold - if the answer is "yes", could not that
> point be output as a mesh co-ord?

There are infinitely many points in space.
There are also infinitely many points on the surface.

Finding the right points for the mesh vertices is not a trivial task...

Rune
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