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19 Apr 2024 16:54:25 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Parametric surfaces faster than thought.  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 9 May 2020 12:15:39
Message: <5eb6d72b$1@news.povray.org>
On 2020-05-04 6:13 AM (-4), William F Pokorny wrote:
> 
> Well turns out the parametric's max_gradient is not like the 
> isosurface's max_gradient and the default of 1.0 looks to be a bad 
> choice.  I've not run all the parametric scenes I have, but looks mostly 
> you want to run parametrics with gradients well below 1.0. Something 
> like 0.001 looks pretty good as a start. Only run into two very 
> complicated parametrics needing max gradients at 1.0 or above. Most, a 
> LOT smaller.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> So in my mind parametric now use-ably slow, instead of never-use slow. :-)

This is great news, and good information!


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