I think we've got some duplicate work  going on here. Smellenbergh wrote
some code so that libraries, such as the dat_3d stuff, can be compiled
directly into MegaPov (which is incorporated into my current working code).
If you want to submit any modifications to the isosurface code (such as the
ability to read d3f files), let him know.  I do think it would be good for
POV to accept 3d data in a single consistent format for both media and
isosurfaces.

-Nathan


david sharp <dsh### [at] interportnet> wrote...
> is there *any* interest in being able to use
> ".df3" media density files as input for the
> dat_3d_3, dat_2d_1, (etc) SuperPatch
> functions?
> Like, are there many (any?) of these files
> laying around looking for some purpose in life?
>
> I just 'fixed' my copy of MegaPov to accept them
> and they seem to work fine now, but is there a
> *reason* to put this functionality into MegaPov?
> I mean, its not like one is likely to make df3 files
> for this purpose since the other formats are quite
> adequate as far as I can see, except for the single
> fact that .df3 contain their own sample dimensions,
> while to use the files already accepted by the dat_?D_?
> functions, one has to specify the sampling dimensions,
> but that does not seem like much of a big deal to me.
>
>

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