In article <ng576ucr2tsiu0u9cqoqlqgcgmehvoklnb@4ax.com>,
 W?odzimierz ABX Skiba <abx### [at] babilonorg> wrote:

> Yes, it uses intersection tests. But this intersection test returns distance.
> Pattern showed averaged distance for defined number of tests.

Actually, the most commonly used mode used the minimum distance, but it 
did support the average distance.


> That's exactly what my macro does.

No, your macro returns the percentage of the surrounding space occupied 
by the object, which is quite different though it gives a similar 
effect. It is just a blurred object pattern...hmm. Your macro could be 
modified to blur almost any pattern or function...just remove the 
definition of P and pass it in as a parameter, replacing "Object".

BTW, why use "(1/C)*(...)" instead of just "(...)/C"? And 
"max(int(Count)1)" should be "max(int(Count), 1)".

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