there's a great beginner tutorial out there.  i think it is by jeff
lee.  one of the things he shows is how blobs of different radii can
have the same appearant radius, but still interact quite differently.  i
believe this is the exact thing this thread has been talking about.

Chris Huff wrote:
> 
> In article <3960e81e@news.povray.org>, "Rune" <run### [at] inamecom>
> wrote:
> 
> > Isn't lowering the strength of all components basically the same as
> > increasing the threshold? I think multiplying the strengths of all the
> > components with 2 give the same result as dividing the threshold with 2.
> > Is that correct?
> 
> Not quite. The falloff curve is kind of S-shaped, it isn't linear, so
> the way the components blob together and the distance of the surface
> from their centers will change.
> 
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