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From: Elias Pschernig
Subject: doc beta 5 / 6.7.11.31
Date: 8 Oct 2001 07:55:39
Message: <3bc1943b@news.povray.org>
"It starts at 1.0 at the origin and decreases to a max value of 0.0 as it..."
                                                   ^^^
Shouldn't it be "min value"?

-- 
#macro C(X,Y)cylinder{X*x<X,0,-Y/2>.1}#end#macro U(R,X,Y)intersection{torus{.9
.1}box{-1 0rotate y*R*90}translate<X,0,Y>scale 1-z*.5}#end union{U(0,0,0)U(1,0
,0)U(2,-1,-1)U(1,1,0)U(1,1.5,-3)U(1,2,0)U(3,1,0)U(2,2,0)U(0,3,0)U(3,2,.5)C(.1,
2)C(.8,1)C(.8,-1)C(1.1,1)C(1.9,-1)pigment{rgb 10}rotate x*90translate<-1,0,4>}


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From: Bob H 
Subject: Re: doc beta 5 / 6.7.11.31
Date: 8 Oct 2001 09:37:51
Message: <3bc1ac2f@news.povray.org>
"Elias Pschernig" <eli### [at] aonat> wrote in message
news:3bc1943b@news.povray.org...
> "It starts at 1.0 at the origin and decreases to a max value of 0.0 as
it..."
>                                                    ^^^
> Shouldn't it be "min value"?

Yeah, that can be confusing.  That kind of pattern, as is boxed too, doesn't
repeat and so instead is "maxed" out beyond the unit radius, unless scaled,
so in a way the wording is correct.  Just not very understandable  :-)  but
understandable mistake I suppose.

Boxed, I see, is explained the same but does use the word "minimum".

Bob H.


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