POV-Ray : Newsgroups : moray.win : CSG Union/Group? : Re: CSG Union/Group? Server Time
29 Jul 2024 04:27:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: CSG Union/Group?  
From: Rick
Date: 14 May 1999 05:40:23
Message: <373be177.0@news.povray.org>
I always use Unions as oppose to th Morays Groups, the advantage being that
if your Union contains any other CSG objects, such as differences for
example, then you can evaluate the whole tree by just evaluating the parent
CSG.

Rick

Johannes Hubert <jhu### [at] algonetse> wrote in message
news:373b24da.0@news.povray.org...
> A Group is a Moray feature that as such does not exist in POV-Ray, while
CSG
> ("Constructive Solid Geometry", I think) Unions, Merges, Intersections and
> Differences are POV-Ray features.
> And yes, the Group in Moray is more or less a convenient thing to group
> items, which you could do just the same with a CSG union.
> Actually, Groups become Unions when exported to POV-Ray (afaik).
>
> Johannes.
>
>
>


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