Documentation Talk:Reference Section 8.2

Poly section need updating:

Hereafter a proposal (following the mesh / mesh2 approach: same object, two syntaxes)

thanks ... it's been done --jholsenback 13:55, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

Describe a solid, possibly infinite, shape:
INFINITE_SOLID_OBJECT:: PLANE | POLY | POLYNOMIAL | CUBIC | QUARTIC | QUADRIC

The poly object:
POLY:: Jump to SDL; poly { ORDER, < POLY_COEFFICIENTS > [POLY_MODIFIERS] }
ORDER:: An integer value between 2 and 35 inclusive.
POLY_COEFFICIENTS:: A quantity n of FLOATs separated by commas, where n is ((ORDER+1)*(ORDER+2)*(ORDER+3))/6.
POLY_MODIFIERS:: [sturm [BOOL]] & [OBJECT_MODIFIERS]

The polynomial object:
POLYNOMIAL:: Jump to SDL; polynomial { ORDER, [POLYNOMIAL_COEFFICIENTS]... [POLY_MODIFIERS] }
ORDER:: An integer value between 2 and 35 inclusive. The sum of X_POWER, Y_POWER and Z_POWER of any xyz(): coefficient must never be greater than this integer.
POLYNOMIAL_COEFFICIENTS:: xyz( X_POWER , Y_POWER , Z_POWER):VALUE [,]
X_POWER: The power of x for that coefficient. It's a positive or null integer.
Y_POWER: The power of y for that coefficient. It's a positive or null integer.
Z_POWER: The power of z for that coefficient. It's a positive or null integer.
VALUE: The value as a FLOAT of the coefficient of the polynomial equation for that powers of x,y and z. If a coefficient is not specified, its value defaults to 0.
POLY_MODIFIERS:: [sturm [BOOL]] & [OBJECT_MODIFIERS]

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