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6 Aug 2024 19:29:54 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Infinite object question  
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Date: 2 Apr 2002 18:42:30
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On Wed, 3 Apr 2002 01:28:49 +0200, "JRG" <jrg### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> That's different. POV-Ray doesn't have a clue about how big the poly object may
> result (but I can be wrong here. Never used it before.)

Example was reffered to your definition of infinity: "It's an infinite surface
which makes an infinite object."

> it cannot exist an infinite object with a finite
> bounding box.

According to my definition of infinity (volume) it is true but according to your
definition (surface) it isn't. According to output of "Scene contains..." it is
probably ture but....

... is any not inversed not transformed box finite ? Then

plane{y 0 bounded_by{box{-(1e50) 1e50 }}}

:-)

ABX


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