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24 Apr 2024 15:04:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: bounding box calculator  
From: jr
Date: 6 Nov 2019 05:20:00
Message: <web.5dc29d3b34d8ef06feeb22ff0@news.povray.org>
hi,

Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
> Op 05/11/2019 om 01:19 schreef jr:
> > "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> >> ...
> > also new, if "slack" is reported, two variables with the differences from the
> > BB's min/max extents are declared, to allow use of the info from in-scene.
> > after 'Bounder' has run, one can for instance:
> >
> > #ifdef(Bounder_min_diff)
> >    // do something
> > #end
>
> With version 3, I get a parser error in the scene file when the object
> is considered as near optimal: "Expected 'numeric expression',
> undeclared 'Bounder_min_diff' found instead"

pls read the added comments in the file.  the vars are only 'declare'd _if_
there's any worthwhile "slack" to report.

the '#ifdef()' idiom though ought to work in any case (it does here).


regards, jr.


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