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On 15 Nov 1999 07:09:25 -0500, Nieminen Juha wrote:
>Ron Parker <ron### [at] povray org> wrote:
>: 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.
>
> Is there any other consequence than that povray will not bound the object?
None that I can find. Obviously infinite objects don't show up in the vista
or light buffers, either, but that's a result of having no bounding.
Interestingly enough, I got an email that changing the Y coordinates does
not make a difference. I'm obviously missing something.
--
These are my opinions. I do NOT speak for the POV-Team.
The superpatch: http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/superpatch/
My other stuff: http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
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