It's a dead link but with some searching I think I've got it. it's quite old, so
I don't know if there's a newer version. The site I found it on hasn't been
updated since October I think.

I'll take a look at it. By you're description I might be able to use this for
something else as well - a letter 'p' that looks like a ream of paper bent to  a
letter 'p'.

Thanks,
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/* Nekar Xenos */#local N=<-20,40,100>;#local K=<20,-40,100>;#local R=seed(0);
blob{#while((K-N).x>0)#local X=N;#local N=N+<rand(R),rand(R),1>/3;#local N=(
vlength(N-K)<vlength(X-K)?N:2*X-N);sphere{<N.y,-N.x,N.z>,1,1 scale .02}sphere{N
,1,1 scale.02}sphere{<-N.x-40,N.y,N.z>1,1 scale.01}sphere{<N.x+40,-N.y,N.z>1,1
scale.01 }#end pigment{rgbt 1}interior{media{emission <2,4,5>*5}}hollow}
"Anoop Kumar" <ano### [at] flashmailcom> wrote in message
news:3b0a9d89@news.povray.org...
> Hi,
>
> You know, both for this and the  the other thread -BrickArch???-a few days
> back, you could also go in for the Striscia macros (see 'Round edges_&
> Brick
> arch_& Striscia' in p.b.i. for an example) available at
> http://members.xoom.com/dvarrazo/ .
> That's, IMHO, a highly underrated macro. Not only can you loft (your round
> edged sections) but it also has other features such as making the texture
> follow the path of your 'loft', varying the scale of the section at various
> points along the path etc.Also, if using Megapov's 'solid mesh' feature you
> can do csg's withit. Do try it; I've been playing with it on & off for the
> last month, & have been really impressed.
> The only problem is it's numerous 'declarations'; but you could probably
> find a way around this if you are more intelligent (very likely judging
> from the no. of messages I couldn't understand;-))
> Hope this helps.
> Bye,
>
> -Anoop
>
> Nekar Xenos wrote in message <3b08ae99@news.povray.org>...
> >Can I please have this macro?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Nekar
> >
> >--
> >#local N=<-20,40,100>;#local K=<20,-40,100>;#local
> R=seed(0);blob{#while((K-N).
> >x>0)#local X=N;#local N=N+<rand(R),rand(R),1>/3;#local
> N=(vlength(N-K)<vlength(
> >X-K)?N:2*X-N);sphere{<N.y,-N.x,N.z>,1,1 scale .02}sphere{N,1,1
> scale.02}sphere{
> ><-N.x-40,N.y,N.z>1,1 scale.01}sphere{<N.x+40,-N.y,N.z>1,1 scale.01 }#end
> >pigment{rgbt 1}interior{media{emission <2,4,5>*5}}hollow}// Nekar Xenos
> >"Chris Huff" <chr### [at] maccom> wrote in message
> >news:3b053411@news.povray.org...
> >> Nekar Xenos <j-p### [at] citywalkcoza> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Does anyone have a macro that could take the co-ordinates of all the
> >> > points in an object and replace them with blobs?
> >>
> >> I've done something like this before...I just used eval_pattern with
> >> the object pattern to determine if a point was inside the object, and
> >> if so, placed a blob component at that point.
> >>
> >>
> >> > I've figured that would be quite a good way of making rounded
> >> > edges. CSG's would probably be a problem, unless there was a macro
> >> > that could convert CSG's (or anything else) to polygons.
> >>
> >> It worked fairly well for rounded text, but if you want just slight
> >> rounding of edges, you will require a huge number of blob components
> >> to get smooth results, and the rendering will be quite slow. A better
> >> bet would be to use macros to produce various primitive shapes, such
> >> as rounded boxes, cylinders, etc...
> >> CSG is no problem, though.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Christopher James Huff - chr### [at] maccom
> >> Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
> >> POV-Ray TAG e-mail: chr### [at] povrayorg
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> >
> >
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