POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Macro test for decay : Re: Macro test for decay Server Time
15 Nov 2024 02:24:27 EST (-0500)
  Re: Macro test for decay  
From: Doug Eichenberg
Date: 14 Sep 2003 08:22:46
Message: <3f645d96$1@news.povray.org>
Took about 3 minutes with no recursion, and about 10-12 with 1 level of
recursion.

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Doug Eichenberg
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gonzo <rgo### [at] lansetcom> wrote in message news:3f640e5e@news.povray.org...
> Doug Eichenberg <dou### [at] nlsnet> wrote in message
> news:3f636357@news.povray.org...
> > Been goofing around with some ideas for the decay round.  In the process
I
> > came up with a macro that parses a mesh file and replaces it with cubes.
> It
> > works recursively, so you can specify the level of recursion to get more
> or
> > less detail.  Anyway, here are two test images.  The first one is done
> > without recursion, and the second one is with one level of recursion.
For
> > each level of recursion, it subdivides each cube into a 3x3x3 cube (27
> > sub-cubes), then samples those points to see if they are inside the mesh
> or
> > not.
>
>
> Nice! Would have made a good surreal entry...
>
> How long does it take to parse & render?
>
> RG
>
>


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