In article <o1fq6uk3k4bmuu1kqeqd0mmpgu976nlg45@4ax.com>,
 W?odzimierz ABX Skiba <abx### [at] babilonorg> wrote:

> Well, I have an idea around this problem. In the truth it's even feature
> request. What about changing definition of Inside method of objects ?
> I mean if it could return not only yes/no to describe object but variable
> float value to describe distance (not in units) to surface just like
> isosurface does. So positive value means outside, zero means surface, negative
> means inside.

This is what I've been doing for the updated proximity pattern/glow 
patch. (which is on hold until POV 3.5 is complete)
However, it would be a very bad idea to replace the Inside() method with 
this, as it would often take much longer to compute proximity than to 
figure out inside/outsideness...I just added a new proximity method. 
(two actually...one for proximity of a point, another for proximity of a 
ray)

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Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>
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