POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Newbie syntax problem : Re: Newbie syntax problem Server Time
4 Sep 2024 22:19:58 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Newbie syntax problem  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 12 Nov 2002 16:41:25
Message: <chrishuff-2D743B.16404712112002@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <3DD13CF9.CA8287AE@att.net>, LibraryMan <mrm### [at] attnet> 
wrote:

> Just a point of info I'd like to clarify (or maybe I shouldn't open this
> can of worms):
> 
> If I had declared only 2D vectors like so:
> #declare v_01 = <0.5, 0>;  ... (rather than the 3D I used)

I think this is the main problem...POV doesn't seem to support declared 
2D vectors, it seems to promote them to 3D. A language oddity that 
probably isn't worth fixing in 3.5, something to watch out for in 4.0.

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Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
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