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5 May 2024 23:59:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Creating meshes with trace  
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Date: 16 Nov 2016 18:36:26
Message: <1617494888.501032112.655460.gdsHYPHENentropyAThotmaolDOTcom@news.povray.org>
Bill Pragnell <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> I wrote some mesh generation and deformation macros some years ago that took
> exactly this approach - search for 'meshrelief' in the object library on this
> site, or get it here (ancient site, sorry, but it still works):
> http://www.infradead.org/~wmp/macro_meshrelief.html
> 
> I found that although secondary target object did help spread out the mesh
> samples to get a more even triangulation, it didn't really make much difference
> for awkward objects. You might find the source interesting to adapt to your own
> purposes...
> 

Oh awesome!
I just knew we couldn't have been the only ones to have thought of this!
Thanks!!

This will advance efforts greatly.

Ian


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