Ron Parker <par### [at] fwicom> wrote:
: It calculates the intersection of the bounding boxes of the individual
: spheres, so it would bound by box{<-1,-1001,-1001>,<1,1001,1001>}.  I 
: didn't say it was always correct; in fact, I've mentioned before that 
: min_extent and max_extent aren't always entirely accurate for every 
: object.  If you specify your own bounding volume, of course, it uses
: that one if it's smaller than the computed one.

  Thanks for the information. Every day I learn something new about povray :)

  Another question:
  What does "smaller" mean? I mean that how does it define "this box is
smaller than that one"?

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