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11 Aug 2024 03:31:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Camera in union?  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 4 Nov 1999 09:45:30
Message: <slrn82370a.v8.ron.parker@ron.gwmicro.com>
On 4 Nov 1999 09:40:45 -0500, Nieminen Juha wrote:
>  Then I thought: But hey! You can put a light source in a union. What
>happens if you put it in a difference?
>  I tried it and povray output this:
>
>warning: Patch objects not allowed in intersection.
>
>  Patch object?

in point.h:
#define LIGHT_OBJECT (COMPOUND_OBJECT+PATCH_OBJECT+LIGHT_SOURCE_OBJECT)

The term "patch object" is probably a bit misleading, but I can't come
up with a better phrase off the top of my head.

-- 
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