POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : why? : Re: why? Server Time
30 Jul 2024 08:15:29 EDT (-0400)
  Re: why?  
From: Ken
Date: 12 Nov 1999 15:19:04
Message: <382C75B9.28CB626D@pacbell.net>
Mike wrote:
> 
> > Why does Pov call this an infinite object?
> >
> > box{<500000,0.000001,100000><-50000,0.000001,1000>
> 
> Perhaps because it's infinitely thin.  Does it render?
> 
> -Mike

Of course it does or Pov would not report it as an infinite object.

 box{<500000,0,100000><-50000,0,1000> is also valid.

  I have wondered about this myself when I have recieved similar reports
from Pov and suspect it may be that beyond a certain distance it no longer
computes ray intersections for that object making it in effect infinite.

I may be wrong.

-- 
Ken Tyler -  1200+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
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