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From: Kenneth
Subject: cubic_spline sphere_sweep bug (v3.62)
Date: 3 May 2013 06:10:06
Message: <web.518389cd8262004dc2d977c20@news.povray.org>
Just thought I would post the results of some recent tests, of the sphere_sweep
object and its (troublesome) cubic_spline type. If for no other reason than that
it's...strangely beautiful ;-)  My apologies to the POV-Ray developers if this
particular situation has already been addressed.

The 'discontinuities' (or 'slices' through the sphere_sweep) become visible
about halfway through. The only thing that changes during the animation is a
slight x-movement of the camera. It shows how the discontinuities develop,
close-up. (I used to think that these anomalies didn't change their 'infinitely
thin' behavior, the closer the camera approached. But they appear to be actual
disturbances of the sphere_sweep surface.)


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