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  Re: Trouble with a torus  
From: Warp
Date: 15 Feb 2002 10:32:40
Message: <3c6d2a18@news.povray.org>
Shay <shi### [at] houstonrrcom> wrote:
: True, but my edges didn't even line up.

  I think they did. It just doesn't look like it because the change in
slope is so sharp (the slope changes abruptly from 30 degrees to 0 degrees,
creating a sharp change in lighting).

: This is why I like to bouild curves with meshes, becuase you can get perfect
: transitions. It's just that SO many points are required to get a sphere that
: can stand up to close inspection.

  Meshes also have the advantage that you can modify individual vertex points,
approximate nonlinear transformations, etc.

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


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