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29 Jul 2024 10:19:28 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Looking for a formula  
From: Kenneth
Date: 14 Feb 2013 18:15:00
Message: <web.511d6ef724d8606ec2d977c20@news.povray.org>
"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:

>
> But wouldn't using trace() require essentially an infinite number of trace
> points, so that trace doesn't 'miss' the intersection?

Oops, it occurred to me that I was thinking about purely 'mathematical' lines
(and maybe incorrectly at that.) If the two lines (or even one) are replaced
with actual cylinders--just temporarily, as test objects--then a *single* trace
would work very well, using your scheme.


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