I don't know yet if it can be done with some of Povray's new features, but
what you might try is using your #while loop to build an #array, then have
it check each new value against the previous array values, then try again if
it is within a range of any previous number.

"Ryan Twitchell" <try### [at] rochesterrrcom> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>  For the current project I'm working on (see post 'More mushies' in
p.b.i),
> I've put a lot of small mushrooms around the base of some larger ones.
This
> was done using a while loop to place them all randomly. The problem is,
some
> of them intersect with the stems of the larger mushrooms and also with
> themselves. Can anyone here suggest a way to place them (semi) randomly
> without this happening?
>
> Thanks,
>  Ryan Twitchell

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