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  Re: Isosurface planet: strange artifacts!  
From: Reactor
Date: 8 May 2010 03:15:01
Message: <web.4be50f20942170509eb93860@news.povray.org>
=?ISO-8859-1?Q?J=F6rg_=27Yadgar=27_Bleimann?= <yaz### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> High!
>

> patterns (see attached image) on the surface looking like coincident
> surfaces - but that cannot be the case as I used only one isosurface.
>
> Then I tried different max_trace_level values (3, 20 and 100), but the
> result remained the same. It is also not because of some interaction
> with the media, as I commented out the atmosphere shell, I still got

>
> Could the small dimensions of the landscape (1 POV unit = 1 km, the
> camera sits only 1.7 metres above the surce) be the cause?
>
> See you in Khyberspace!
>
> Yadgar
>
> Now playing: Saint (Elton John)

Those could be related to the accuracy or max_gradient of the isosurface.  What
are the values for accuracy and max_gradient?

-Reactor


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