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From: Edouard Poor
Date: 7 Dec 2008 18:00:01
Message: <web.493c54de62d2e221245002290@news.povray.org>
stbenge <THI### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> Edouard Poor wrote:
> > Just replace the "inside()" call in Sam's fastprox macros with my "inside_m()"
> > (or your own more complete macro)
>
> Would you care to elaborate on what a "more complete macro" might
> entail? If there are improvements I can make before my next release, I
> will consider them as long as they don't make the macro too complex for
> the end user (of course, it might already be too late...).

Just the inside_vector improvement I think.

Imagine if you had a mesh height field - if you chose an inside_vector that
pointed "up", then your fastprox macros would work on it, even though it's an
open object. My inside_m() macro just uses x as the test direction.

> Sam

Cheers,
Edouard.


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