POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Knurling Macro : Re: Knurling Macro Server Time
31 Jul 2024 22:10:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Knurling Macro  
From: Kenneth
Date: 28 Mar 2009 00:35:00
Message: <web.49cda84425cfdcef50167bc0@news.povray.org>
"clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

> A cylindrical HF macro will do nothing different from what you did - it actually
> creates a mesh, too - except that it cannot optimize, and you may get
> "interference pattern" if you choose a too low resolution. So I guess your
> custom-tailored knurl mesh should always be faster and of better quality.

Ah yes, you're right about that. And the HF_Cylinder macro can be quite slow at
hi-rez.

KW


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