Hey everybody,

    I wrote an unofficial version of POV-Ray.

What is new ?

The keywords #init_spline, #init_3d_spline, eval_spline and
eval_3d_spline allow you to use spline functions in your scene files.
I listed all changes I did to the source code in a file included in the
source archieve. It should be easy to port my patch to other platforms
or to include it into your custom version of POV-Ray.

If you are interested visit my homepage
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Thinktank/7666/

if you have questions and/or remarks let me know it :
Dan### [at] publicuni-hamburgde

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Daniel Fenner <Dan### [at] publicuni-hamburgde> wrote:
: The keywords #init_spline, #init_3d_spline, eval_spline and
: eval_3d_spline allow you to use spline functions in your scene files.

  Are you completely sure you can't make those spline calculations with
macros and mathematical functions in pov3.1?
  (ie: why to use a custom compile when you can use just an include file
with the official version?)

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                                                              - Warp. -

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Nieminen Mika schrieb:

> Daniel Fenner <Dan### [at] publicuni-hamburgde> wrote:
> : The keywords #init_spline, #init_3d_spline, eval_spline and
> : eval_3d_spline allow you to use spline functions in your scene files.
>
>   Are you completely sure you can't make those spline calculations with
> macros and mathematical functions in pov3.1?
>   (ie: why to use a custom compile when you can use just an include file
> with the official version?)
>
> --
>                                                               - Warp. -

Indeed I am completely sure that all the calculations can be done by a
macro,include,...
I got the idea for the splines from a quite tricky include file

same as my compile. But there are reasons to use the custom compile. It is
about 1000 times faster (which is not a real reason if you are using only
one or two splines with a few control points) and it is MUCH easier to use.

happy tracing
                        Daniel

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