Lance Birch wrote:
> 
> haha, some of you just knew I was going to reply to this didn't you?  ;-)
I did.. Why did you think I left the bait hanging ?
:)

> 
> Well, when it comes to 3DS, you're right, it SUCKS!  However, I must note
> that there is a MASSIVE difference between 3D Studio and 3D Studio MAX.  3D
> Studio isn't even considered a product any more (and it's not sold from
> authorised dealers).

*hehe* NC.

 
> The fact is that meshes are extremely powerful and CAN produce perfect image
> quality if the artist and the renderer are careful.  The introduction of
> such techniques as NURBS and adaptive degradation make meshes perfectly
> smooth (finally!!!).

Sure, sure. but that isn't implementable in POV (Nurbs, afaik is a
modeller thing, not a engine part..)

 
> So in conclusion, leave POV-Ray the way it is because as a raytracer it
> ROCKS!  And second, please don't criticise renderers that you haven't used
> the latest version of (for more than a month)  :)
he, I whacked down on the whole mesh system.. I know, Ii've built a
cheap hack of one in java... :)

 
> hehe, OK, that's my 2 cents, feel free to flame me now.
no, you have pointed at something good, with insight. why flame? 

//Spider

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Spider wrote:
> 
> Lance Birch wrote:
> >
> > The fact is that meshes are extremely powerful and CAN produce perfect image
> > quality if the artist and the renderer are careful.  The introduction of
> > such techniques as NURBS and adaptive degradation make meshes perfectly
> > smooth (finally!!!).
> 
> Sure, sure. but that isn't implementable in POV (Nurbs, afaik is a
> modeller thing, not a engine part..)

It can certainly be implemented; however, it's probably a very *slow*
ray-surface calculation, especially compared to a mesh.

Regards,
John

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But it IS a mesh... :)

Of course as was mentioned, this really isn't that good for POV-Ray, and I
don't see any possible syntax that could be used for it anyway.

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John VanSickle wrote in message <37A3763B.9AAB4897@erols.com>...
>Spider wrote:
>>
>> Lance Birch wrote:
>> >
>> > The fact is that meshes are extremely powerful and CAN produce perfect
image
>> > quality if the artist and the renderer are careful.  The introduction
of
>> > such techniques as NURBS and adaptive degradation make meshes perfectly
>> > smooth (finally!!!).
>>
>> Sure, sure. but that isn't implementable in POV (Nurbs, afaik is a
>> modeller thing, not a engine part..)
>
>It can certainly be implemented; however, it's probably a very *slow*
>ray-surface calculation, especially compared to a mesh.
>
>Regards,
>John

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