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11 May 2024 10:40:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Superellipsoid artefacts  
From: Kyle
Date: 14 Nov 2007 22:24:06
Message: <elenj35qsu9n96id45go9kr01b7lcrfkbm@4ax.com>
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:19:06 EST, "Kirk Andrews" <kir### [at] tektonartcom> wrote:

>Here's the problem:
>
>> #declare o_Rod =
>>   superellipsoid {
>>     <1, **0.05**>
>>     scale <1, 1, 7>
>>   }
>
>Unfortunately, if you go too small on one of the dimensions, it makes artifacts.
> You'll have to bump up that second parameter a little bit.  Someone wiser than
>I may have a better solution, but I know of none.
>

Hmm, I still get small artefacts in the same spot as high as 0.25 on the second
parameter, and the
object is then not shaped as I'd like.

I guess I can always just merge a couple of cylinders and tori as a means to an end.


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