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5 Sep 2024 18:20:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Curving cylinders and cones?  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 5 Oct 2000 09:23:34
Message: <slrn8tp06t.k3i.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On 5 Oct 2000 06:55:44 -0400, Warp wrote:
>Chris Huff <chr### [at] maccom> wrote:
>: An isosurface can do nearly every primitive in POV-Ray, and 
>: many other shapes.
>
>  Good that you said "nearly" because isosurfaces can't do _every_ primitive
>in povray.
>
>  Quiz: Which primitive or primitives it can't create at all?

Among others, julia and mesh.  (Well, mesh might be possible but it would be
ugly.)

>        Which primitive or primitives it can create only partially?

planes, polys, anything infinite.

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