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28 Jul 2024 12:26:30 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Smooth edges on sphere and cube?  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 31 Jul 2000 09:34:21
Message: <slrn8ob0sp.1kl.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Sat, 29 Jul 2000 12:54:26 -0500, Chris Huff wrote:
>In article <39820BFB.24A8A870@schunter.etc.tu-bs.de>, 
>chr### [at] gmxde wrote:
>
>> There is nothing about it in the Docu, but i think, i already used it 
>> sometime.  
>
>I had forgotten about this one...I never use the built-in functions.
>I don't really understand the source code for it, but it looks like it 
>might render a real rounded box, not just a superellipsoid.

It does.  It gets the dimensions of the box from the contained_by, so it's
somewhat strange.  I'm guessing it gives poor results for nonzero thresholds.

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


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