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30 Jul 2024 18:14:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Strange spline problem  
From: Trevor Quayle
Date: 10 Oct 2001 15:50:11
Message: <3bc4a673$1@news.povray.org>
No, I saw it the first time I tried his code but can't reporduce it now.
For the first few renders, it seemed as though points were missing.

-tgq

"Bob H." <omn### [at] msncom> wrote in message
news:3bc4a571@news.povray.org...
> "ingo" <ing### [at] homenl> wrote in message
> news:Xns### [at] povrayorg...
> > When I render the scene below, without changing anything, just hit the
> > run button, the first three times all is ok, the fourth time the shape
> > has changed and from then on it keeps changing.
> >  I reported this during the pre-beta period and no one could reproduce
> > it then. Now I ran into the problem again.
>
> Maybe you've been working too hard.  Get some rest and check it again  :-)
> Seriously though, I can't image a pov-script metamorphosing, it hasn't
> achieved AI status yet.  Sorry, but I did try to be serious.
> It sure remains the same shape after a dozen rerenders here.
>
> Bob H.
>
> > ---%<------%<---
> > #version 3.5;
> > global_settings {assumed_gamma 1.0}
> > camera {location  <0,0,-4> look_at 0}
> > light_source {<500,500,-500> rgb 1}
> >
> > #declare Spl=spline{
> >    linear_spline
> >    0/4,< 0   , 0  , 0>
> >    1/4,< 0.25, 0.5, 0>
> >    2/4,< 0.50, 0.1  , 0>
> >    3/4,< 0.75, 0.9, 0>
> >    4/4,< 1   , 0  , 0>
> > }
> >
> > #declare I=0;
> > #while (I<100)
> >    sphere{Spl(I/100),0.1 pigment {rgb 1}}
> >    #declare I=I+1;
> > #end
> > ---%<------%<---
> >
> > PII 233MHZ 192MB NT4 SP6 POV-Ray 3.5-beta.6
> >
> > Ingo
> >
> > --
> > Photography: http://members.home.nl/ingoogni/
> > Pov-Ray    : http://members.home.nl/seed7/
> >
> >
> > Ingo
> >
> > --
> > Photography: http://members.home.nl/ingoogni/
> > Pov-Ray    : http://members.home.nl/seed7/
>
>


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