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  Re: Not-a-bug list 2 Dec 2001  
From: Slime
Date: 1 Dec 2001 23:36:14
Message: <3c09afbe$1@news.povray.org>
> Crackle pigments are not suitable for use in isosurfaces.

Why is this? Just the fact that it has non-differentiable points in the
function? In my experience setting a very high max_gradient usually
minimizes that problem; is there another reason for it?

> Artefacts appear on the surface of a distant torus.
> It's a limitation of the floating point accuracy of your computer. The
> torus primitive uses a fourth order equation, so it fails first.

Ah, thanks for the explanation about it being a fourth-order equation.

- Slime
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