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  Re: "What's the spider-like object on the left?"  
From: Alain
Date: 7 Apr 2004 10:15:48
Message: <40740d14$1@news.povray.org>
St. nous apporta ses lumieres ainsi en ce 2004/04/06 21:37... :

>"Alain" <aze### [at] qwertygov> wrote in message
>news:407347ef$1@news.povray.org...
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>>120 glass wings???
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> Yes,
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>just what is your max_trace_level... something like
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>>241 or more?
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> No, 2. How did you come to that conclusion?
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If your wings have any thickness, one going in, one going out of every 
wings, plus one for every reflections, it goes up very fast. If the 
wings are bicubic patches or other no thickness objects, one per wing, 
plus any reflection.

Alain

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>>And, how long was the render?
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>  For this image? About 41 minutes.
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>>You may be better with only one set of wings and some contained
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>media to
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>>simulate the motion blur.
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>I'll give this a go, thank you.
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>~Steve~
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