POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Pixelation on Top : Re: Pixelation on Top Server Time
28 Jul 2024 18:14:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Pixelation on Top  
From: Trevor G Quayle
Date: 7 Nov 2007 15:45:00
Message: <web.47322341fae0ec0c150d4c10@news.povray.org>
Christian Froeschlin <chr### [at] chrfrde> wrote:
> > however when the second and third circle are
> > made the first one get pixelated.
>
> This is a classic problem of incident planes, your "texture"
> is exactly on the box, it needs to be offset slightly. Try
> changing
>
> box { < 0, 10, 0>, < 10, 0, 10> }
>
> to
>
> box { < 0.001, 9.999, 0.001>, < 9.999, 0.001, 9.999> }
>
> Also, I'd recommend to create your circles using cylinders
> instead of intersecting spheres and boxes, especially if you
> wish to control the radius ;)

Also, if you are just using the circles for texture (don't need them raised),
have a look at either the "object" pattern-type (which can use your
spheres/cylinders to define the pattern) or spherical or cylindrical patterns,
which can create the round pattern directly.

-tgq


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