POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.scene-files : Faster: Merge or Union? : Re: Faster: Merge or Union? Server Time
1 Sep 2024 12:18:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Faster: Merge or Union?  
From: "Jérôme M. Berger"
Date: 22 Nov 2006 13:51:52
Message: <45649c48$1@news.povray.org>
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Sven Littkowski wrote:
> What renders faster? A Merge or a Union?
> 
	Depends for what. For opaque objects, a union will usually render
faster. For transparent/translucent objects, a merge will be faster
(plus you won't have problems with the inside surfaces showing).

		Jerome
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