In article <3dcbddde@news.povray.org>, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> 
wrote:

> Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom> wrote:
> > It didn't trace one object 
> > multiple times, it traced multiple copies of the object.
>   The practical difference being...?-)

You could use it as a loop, and do other stuff besides simply 
transforming the object. For example, you could make an isosurface 
changing shape or a moving texture have motion blur, or even completely 
change the type of object or remove some "copies" entirely. In normal 
usage there was little difference, though.


>   What I meant was that it traces the object as-is, without modifying the
> surface properties of the object (eg. making it partially transparent).

Right, I didn't mean to imply that it did.


>   It's just that from your post one could get the idea that the suggested
> solution is exactly what the MegaPov patch did but just internally and a
> bit faster. It's not like that.

Hmm...I didn't intend that. Sorry.

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