On 03/04/2011 07:54 AM, Stephen wrote:
> On 04/03/2011 11:14 AM, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>> On 03/04/2011 12:32 AM, Mike Raiford wrote:
>>> On 3/3/2011 10:23 PM, Mike Raiford wrote:
>>>
>>>> Umm... [Looks around, whistles innocently ....]
>>>
>>> I'm not, NOT rendering SSLT checkered spheres over checkered planes....
>>>
>>> Mosaic preview, 1920x1080, downsized. On final pass.
>>
>> far be it for me to buck tradition (checkered planes) but has anyone
>> tried the tiling pattern?
>>
> 
> Not me. I'll probably wait until Bishop3D supports it after 3.7 is
> released.
> 
>> http://wiki.povray.org/content/Documentation:Reference_Section_5.5#Tiling
>>
> 
> It wasn't you who wrote that, was it?

nope ... lifted straight out of the change log (developers narrative)

> 
> May I suggest something like:
> 
> "For each pattern, each individual tile of the pattern has the same
> bevelling as the other tiles in that pattern, allowing regular caulking
> to be defined. For a pattern with N kind of tiles, the main
> colour/texture of the tiles are at x/N (with x going from 0 to N-1), and
> the extreme colour/texture caulk for these tiles are at (x+1)/N, the
> bevel covering the range between these two values.
> 
> Each tile has a side which is exactly one unit long. The tiles extend
> infinitely in the +y and -y directions and if no map is specified then a
> default grey map is used."
> 
> That may be wrong and an example would help as the maths is not easy for
> me to visulise.
> 
> (Everyone's a critic and you've done a power of good work on your own.)
> 

no worries there Stephen ... towards the end of the doc adds I started
copping an attitude (several times almost walked away from it as I
didn't sign on to the project as a content "gardener") as I was
practically the only one doing anything. I just slammed it in, so I'll
work your changes into that passage ... btw: much better wording (proper
grammar etc)

Cheers

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