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1 Sep 2024 14:26:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: disappearing, reappearing isosurface  
From: Gilles Tran
Date: 16 Mar 2001 03:39:32
Message: <3AB1D1A5.A60B37D6@inapg.inra.fr>
"Tina S." wrote:

> In playing around with isosurfaces, I had included a
> mostly-transparent box to help figure out where the edges of the
> isosurface were. I just ran into a very odd situation where if that
> box is there, my isosurface shows up, but as soon as I take it away,
> the isosurface mostly disappears, leaving only the bottom fifth or so.
>

This is very probably a max_gradient problem. It has driven many people
mad before (including me). The trick is to give a proper max_gradient
value instead of relying on eval. A detailed explanation can be found here
:
http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/isotut/keywords.htm

G.

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