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  Re: trace() not working with isosurfaces?  
From: Tim Riley
Date: 19 Jul 2000 17:26:56
Message: <39761D12.F7088486@its.bldrdoc.gov>
Ron Parker wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:09:19 -0600, Tim Riley wrote:
> >Another problem is that "Normal" is a reserved word. When I changed it
> >to something else (such as "Norm"), it worked.
> 
> Is not.  Reserved words don't have capital letters in them.  Try it as
> posted and see if it works that way.


I tried it as posted, then changed the variable names in the PlaceTree
macro as suggested; neither would work (Normal was always equal to <0,0,0>).
When I changed the variable name to Norm, it did work (placed a tree at
each point). I realize that "normal" is reserved, but I can't explain why
"Norm" works and "Normal" does not.


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