POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Curved Triangles : Re: Curved Triangles Server Time
19 Nov 2024 05:28:52 EST (-0500)
  Re: Curved Triangles  
From: Ben Chambers
Date: 18 Apr 2002 12:59:40
Message: <3cbefb7b@news.povray.org>
Hugo wrote:

>> IIRC, the number of faces is something like LOD^2.  What LOD did you
>> use?  I find that 5-10 is usually enough, especially with small
>> triangles.
> 
> I use LOD 1 (your minimum) and only tried low numbers.. I would like
> LOD 1 to mean the double amount of triangles as the input data...

LOD 1 *should* mean one triangle is used (2 = 4 triangles, 3 = 9 etc).  
I'll look into what's going on here...

 The
> amount you use is too high for my purposes, and my machine.. It also
> seems not necessary because my input files are usually "almost" smooth
> enough..

Well, for high-res meshes, it's not too useful.  The point is that you 
can model curves with many fewer "triangles" with this method.

...Chambers


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