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  Re: Is there a better way to do this?  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 21 Aug 2002 23:12:06
Message: <chrishuff-04DFB8.21574321082002@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <3d63e737@news.povray.org>,
 "David Wallace" <dar### [at] earthlinknet> wrote:

> max_gradient is an issue with isosurfaces only, with standard HF's (which I
> suspect are meshes) it is not.  A parametric mesh has no such limitations
> and can be set up as y=f(x,z) very easily (memory use is another matter,
> though).  You can still verify traces.

The message specifically mentioned isosurfaces. Meshes and height fields 
(which are a form of mesh internally, as you suspected) obviously don't 
have this kind of problem. With some other objects "sturm" could be a 
problem instead.

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