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28 Jul 2024 10:29:36 EDT (-0400)
  Re: iso_rcsg.inc  
From: Jim Charter
Date: 20 Apr 2006 17:26:08
Message: <4447fc70@news.povray.org>
Christoph Hormann wrote:
> Jim Charter wrote:
> 
>> Can someone explain what the iso_rcsg.inc functions do?  I am not sure 
>> what "rounded" means.
> 
> 
> The macros in iso_rcsg.inc generate distance functions for the shapes 
> they represent while the normal macros in iso_csg.inc just ensure the 
> function is zero at the shape surface.
> 
> Note there are a lot of shapes that have a distance function macro in 
> iso_csg.inc (like sphere, torus, triangle) so they don't need a separate 
> one in iso_rcsg.inc.
> 
> Christoph
> 
Thanks Christoph.  Could you suggest a test that would show up the 
difference?


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