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  Re: Differenced isosurface problem  
From: Cris Williams
Date: 9 Oct 2001 14:13:17
Message: <3bc33e3d@news.povray.org>
Can anyone tell me where a copy of Ingo's "param.inc" can be found?  Thanks.

Cris Williams

"Mike Williams" <mik### [at] nospamplease> wrote in message
news:ot5### [at] econymdemoncouk...
> Wasn't it Ruy who wrote:
> >I don't know what I'm doing wrong with this scene. I created an
isosurface
> >(the same you can see in the previous animation I posted) and differenced
> >half of it from a plane.  When observed from sideways the result looks
fine,
> >but as I rotated it, a large white area appeared. Well, an animation with
60
> >frames is woth 60000 words, so go ahead and take a look.
> >
> >If someone knows what I am doing wrong, please tell me. Oh, and if it is
too
> >obvious, feel free to nag me from here to Kabul.
> >
> >Here is the scene. It uses Ingo Janssen's "param.inc":
>
> When you use Ingo's "param.inc" file, it converts your functions into a
> *mesh2* object rather than an actual isosurface. Mesh2 objects can't be
> used in differences.
>
> The docs say:
>
>    There are six totally thin, finite objects which have no well-defined
>    inside. They are bicubic patch, disc, smooth triangle, triangle,
>    polygon and mesh / mesh2. They may be combined in CSG union but
>    cannot be used in other types of CSG (or inside a clipped_by
>    statement).
>
> --
> Mike Williams
> Gentleman of Leisure


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