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31 Jul 2024 00:26:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Uniform placing sphere  
From: Micha Riser
Date: 20 Apr 2003 13:26:31
Message: <3ea2d847@news.povray.org>
Rafal 'Raf256' Maj wrote:

> how can I distribute some points randomly on sphere, but that they would
> be +/- in same range from each oter (uniformly) ?
> 

make random points in the cube <-1,-1,-1>,<1,1,1> and if their 
distance from origin is <1 project them on the sphere otherwise throw them 
away


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