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Paul Wood
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Zooming

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Some strings seem to disappear when you zoom in to close to them. How do we change this so they dont?
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Post by Alan Gray »

How close? Down to the size of a microbe?

Without data demonstrating, not more can be said.
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How big is a piece of a string?
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Post by Bernard Daly »

Just out of curiosity, what linestyle do you have? I find some linestyles disappear sometimes. I normally turn off linestyles or set the offending one to a solid while I play with it.
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Also, curious why you're still posting in the practice version section? Have you got access to the rest of the forum?
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I should have full access, it just directs me to here every time I log on.
A colleague of mine has sorted it out, there is a culling option in settings with culling size, but thanks for your help.
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Post by Alan Gray »

Oh culling. That should only kick into play when you zoom out, not in.

As so how long is a piece of string? One mathematical argument using recursive fractals says infinite.
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Post by Bernard Daly »

Alan Gray wrote:Oh culling. That should only kick into play when you zoom out, not in.

As so how long is a piece of string? One mathematical argument using recursive fractals says infinite.
Could you draw me a picture please?
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So the clip on measuring coastlines.

If the recursive subdivision was allowed to go forever, the answer is infinite.
However, nothing can be shorter than a "Plank Length" so the answer is finite.

It is a great documentary though....
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It seems to be unavailable at the moment but I'll keep an eye out for it. Thanks, Alan.
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Probably the IT department deeming the BBC as naughty....
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There are several clips down further. Oh, the BBC have added better Geo-location blocking ??? :( It is on youtube
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