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9 Aug 2024 21:16:43 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 3d functions  
From: Alexander Enzmann
Date: 15 May 2000 11:23:57
Message: <392017A4.A16E98B6@mitre.org>
Pabs wrote:
> 
> Tom Melly wrote:
> 
> > I'm looking for 3d functions and images of the results of those functions -
> > anyone know a good link?
> >
> > The sort of thing I'm after is z = x^2 + y^2
> 
> If you want to render those functions you might try the parametric surfaces
> available in MegaPOV
> -something like
> parametric{
> function u ,  v, u^2+ v^2
> 0 , 1
> -1,1
> }

Why on earth would you want to use an Isosurface when the guy asked for
a paraboloid?  The built in quadrics will suffice (and be a tad faster
to boot).

Xander


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