POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Merge vs. Union : Re: Merge vs. Union Server Time
6 Sep 2024 02:23:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Merge vs. Union  
From: Ian Burgmyer
Date: 20 Sep 1999 01:08:54
Message: <37e5c166@news.povray.org>
Haha!  This is kinda what I was looking for in the first place!

It sums everything up pretty well ;)

-Ian

>   I like to think of CSG operations as to how they perform physically in
> an operation. My idea of more better analogies would be:
>
> union        = gluing
> intersection = cutting
> difference   = scooping
> merge        = melting and gluing
> clipping     = cutting and hollowing
> inverse      = inside outing
>
> There ! That should give you something to cry in despair over for a while
:)
>
> --
> Ken Tyler
>
> See my 1000+ Povray and 3D Rendering and Raytracing Links at:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html


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