Warp wrote:
> 
> : I'm not sure, but this could slow down things enormously, especially for
> : isosurfaces.
> 
>   Note that shadow calculations also calculate all intersections. And it
> isn't that slow, is it?
> 

I meant replacing insideness tests with intersection tests, this would
probably be much slower.

Christoph

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Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote:
: I meant replacing insideness tests with intersection tests, this would
: probably be much slower.

  Yes, it will be slower. However, using the insideness test for speed doesn't
work. That's exactly what my original patch did.

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#macro N(D,I)#if(I<6)cylinder{M()#local D[I]=div(D[I],104);M().5,2pigment{
rgb M()}}N(D,(D[I]>99?I:I+1))#end#end#macro M()<mod(D[I],13)-6,mod(div(D[I
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