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11 Aug 2024 05:20:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: metal "swirl" finish  
From: John M  Dlugosz
Date: 1 Sep 1999 20:35:07
Message: <37cdc63b@news.povray.org>
Nieminen Juha <war### [at] cctutfi> wrote in message
news:37cd3960@news.povray.org...
> Xplo Eristotle <inq### [at] unforgettablecom> wrote:
> : If I understand what you're referring to, I'm thinking that your best
> : chance at doing this is creating an image (with lots of little circles)
>
>   Why?
>   Circles can be easyly done with procedural textures.
>

Which is exactly what I'm asking... care to demonstrate?  Ripples or Waves
can produce one milling circle pattern, but the surface is covered with them
in a grid pattern so the edges just overlap a little, like scallop shells.


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