POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : For the math minded people : Re: For the math minded people Server Time
30 Jul 2024 00:25:29 EDT (-0400)
  Re: For the math minded people  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 10 Jul 2000 17:12:34
Message: <slrn8mkfsm.po3.ron.parker@linux.parkerr.fwi.com>
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000 16:46:26 -0400, Andrea Ryan wrote:
>Does the formula give the "hypotenuse" of a shape that looks like a doorstop or
>is it a different shape?

It gives the length of the diagonal of the largest rectangular face on a 
solid that looks like a doorstop (assuming you mean a wedge-shaped doorstop.)
That happens to also be the straight line that connects the two points.

-- 
Ron Parker   http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/traces.html
My opinions.  Mine.  Not anyone else's.


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