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28 Aug 2025 16:29:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Object Placement Rabbit Hole  
From: Bald Eagle
Date: 31 Jul 2025 19:10:00
Message: <web.688bf754cdb862481f9dae3025979125@news.povray.org>
"Chris R" <car### [at] comcastnet> wrote:

> I wrote the code based on the letter stacking code in libcollide.inc and
> debugged it, and added the grid generation piece to my libmesh.inc library.
> Here are the results of repeatedly adding 20 discs to the same uneven surface
> using the algorithm.  I think it does pretty well and it's actually quick enough
> that you could run it during rendering, but I kept the option to write the
> transforms to a file so you can pre-create them.

Damn, that is nice.

I'm hoping to see a pile of many more primitives on a much more uneven surface!

Nice work!

- BW


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