POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.pov4.discussion.general : Suggest v4.0 upgrade the polygon object. (yuqk R17 v0.6.11.0) : Re: Suggest v4.0 upgrade the polygon object. (yuqk R17 v0.6.11.0) Server Time
21 Dec 2024 11:59:36 EST (-0500)
  Re: Suggest v4.0 upgrade the polygon object. (yuqk R17 v0.6.11.0)  
From: Bald Eagle
Date: 13 Dec 2024 10:50:00
Message: <web.675c573b6a975b696563700825979125@news.povray.org>
William F Pokorny <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

> The yellow-brown shape is the 'ip_type 6' potential value field of the
> polygon itself.

> The yellow lines the 'ip_type 5' connected point to point value field
> scaled slightly larger in z so the smaller ip_offset protrudes enough to
> just show up.

Out of curiosity about the crossing number / normal direction, and to give you
another debugging test:

Have you tried making a pentagonal arrangement, with the connectivity
every-other point, to produce a star?


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