--- ray/src/gen/mkillum2.c	1992/03/11 12:25:47	2.2
+++ ray/src/gen/mkillum2.c	1992/08/13 11:23:46	2.5
@@ -66,7 +66,21 @@ char  *nm;
 	distarr = (float *)calloc(n, 3*sizeof(float));
 	if (distarr == NULL)
 		error(SYSTEM, "out of memory in o_face");
-	mkaxes(u, v, fa->norm);
+				/* take first edge longer than sqrt(area) */
+	for (j = fa->nv-1, i = 0; i < fa->nv; j = i++) {
+		u[0] = VERTEX(fa,i)[0] - VERTEX(fa,j)[0];
+		u[1] = VERTEX(fa,i)[1] - VERTEX(fa,j)[1];
+		u[2] = VERTEX(fa,i)[2] - VERTEX(fa,j)[2];
+		if ((r1 = DOT(u,u)) >= fa->area-FTINY)
+			break;
+	}
+	if (i < fa->nv) {	/* got one! -- let's align our axes */
+		r2 = 1.0/sqrt(r1);
+		u[0] *= r2; u[1] *= r2; u[2] *= r2;
+		fcross(v, fa->norm, u);
+	} else			/* oh well, we'll just have to wing it */
+		mkaxes(u, v, fa->norm);
+				/* now, find limits in (u,v) coordinates */
 	ur[0] = vr[0] = FHUGE;
 	ur[1] = vr[1] = -FHUGE;
 	for (i = 0; i < fa->nv; i++) {