In article <3d7e2173@news.povray.org>, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> 
wrote:

>   Using the intersection of six planes gives you a true box (which is
> also usable in CSG) but can be a bit slower. You should definitely
> remember to bound this "box" with a true box of the same size
> (see bounded_by docs).

My feeling is that this would be the fastest way. You may have to tell 
POV not to ignore your bounding, though.


>   You can also use the polygon or triangle primitives (the latter could
> be inside a mesh, taking a bit less memory, I think), and it would be
> faster to render but not usable in CSG (even though with a mesh you
> can use inside_vector).

I don't know if you meant this, but that last paragraph implies that a 
mesh box would be unuseable in CSG. If he uses inside_vector, it will be 
useable for CSG operations.

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