POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : why? : Re: why? Server Time
30 Jul 2024 08:22:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: why?  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 12 Nov 1999 16:31:12
Message: <slrn82p1ol.v8.ron.parker@ron.gwmicro.com>
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 18:21:34 -0000, Mick Hazelgrove wrote:
>Why does Pov call this an infinite object?
>
>box{<500000,0.000001,100000><-50000,0.000001,1000>

POV considers an object "infinite" if its bounding box
is larger in volume than 2e10 cubic units.  That's the 
only test there is.  The only thing I can guess is that 
somehow the identical Y coords cause something to mark
it as unboundable, but I can't seem to find where this 
happens.

-- 
These are my opinions.  I do NOT speak for the POV-Team.
The superpatch: http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/superpatch/
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