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From: John Gross <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: Refraction Distraction
To: Brian Dady <[e-mail]>
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> >I find that in about 3/4 of my animations using refraction, the
> >algorithym breaks down at some point and produces geometric
> >grey blotches. Does this happen to any of you, or am I just real
> >good at stumbling into mathematical anomalies?
>
> It certainly happens to me.  This is a bug introduced in 3.5, I
> believe.  I don't recall ever seeing this in 2.0, but it is also
> possible it originated with 3.0 and not 3.5.  I certainly hope
> this is fixed in 4.0.  Anybody know?
>
> I am also curious (for the time being) if there is any way to
> work around this problem, or at least steps to minimize it.
>
Yes, All R.T bugs should be taken care of in 4.0. To work around the
black/gray blotches right now, make sure you are not using double sided
(from Modeler OR LW) surfaces, and separate your inner and outer surfaces
by a miniscule amount.

JG
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