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From: Greg M Johnson
Subject: superellipsoid in isosurfaces, actually named function problem
Date: 14 Feb 2000 13:20:21
Message: <38A84684.8D0B2557@my-dejanews.com>

The docs for superpatch do not give any syntax at all on how to use the
named functions as functions in isosurfaces.

I tried multiple iterations,  using
    superellipsoid and Superellipsoid
    <>, [], (),

and couldn't get anything to work even with spheres.

As a general note, it's always helpful to include a working example in
any documentation. From 3.1e and on, too many times the docs simply say
"this goes with that,"  with little clue to syntax.

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From: Greg M Johnson
Subject: Re: superellipsoid in isosurfaces, actually named function problem
Date: 14 Feb 2000 15:28:33
Message: <38A8646B.40FEA7EE@my-dejanews.com>

oops, should have posted in p.u.p.

Greg M. Johnson wrote:

> The docs for superpatch do not give any syntax at all on how to use the
> named functions as functions in isosurfaces.
>
> I tried multiple iterations,  using
>     superellipsoid and Superellipsoid
>     <>, [], (),
>
> and couldn't get anything to work even with spheres.
>
> As a general note, it's always helpful to include a working example in
> any documentation. From 3.1e and on, too many times the docs simply say
> "this goes with that,"  with little clue to syntax.

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