POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : non-mesh meshes : Re: non-mesh meshes Server Time
2 Aug 2024 14:12:41 EDT (-0400)
  Re: non-mesh meshes  
From: Jim Charter
Date: 21 Sep 2004 16:23:02
Message: <41508da6$1@news.povray.org>
Jeremy M. Praay wrote:


> real function-based surface, it would be, well, really cool.  In theory, 
> such a feature could allow someone to completely replace a smooth triangle 
> mesh with isosurfaces.
> 



Yes I played with it a bit leaving the surfaces flat, the attraction being
that you could then apply a real displaced texture to
the surface.  It was very slow to render and first results were not
too exciting.


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