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CHAOSPRO 4.0
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Parameters - solid

Name: solid

Type: bool

Read/Write: Write

Context: Transformation, Coloring Formulas

Description:

You can set this parameter to true in order to color the point currently under examination using the solid color. If you set it to true in a transformation formula, then the iteration gets performed (in contrast to the Escapetime fractal type) in order to determine whether the point is inside or outside.

  • If the point is outside, the solid color is of no meaning, the point seems to be black (remember: only the interior region, the quaternion object, gets drawn).
  • If the point is inside, the the point gets the solid color.
If your coloring formula gets called, you can also assign the solid color to a point.

Whether the point actually is visible depends on the other points in front of it: Of course, only the frontmost point gets drawn (remember: ChaosPro calculates a 3D image!).