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2 Aug 2024 02:23:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Indentations/Lines on balls  
From: Maurice
Date: 7 Feb 2005 12:04:43
Message: <42079fab@news.povray.org>
Rick Measham wrote:
> We've all use a tennis ball or basket ball. I'm trying to model some 
> balls in pov and need some help. What's the best way to create the lines 
> that go around them? (Like the white one on a tennis ball and the black 
> ones on a basketball)
> 
> My main goal is to model a netball. They have a different pattern than 
> most balls as the lines are really the stitch lines between each piece 
> of leather that makes the ball.
> 
> See one here:
> http://www.supertramp.co.uk/images/gilbert_all_weather_netball.jpeg
> 
> I can get the material right (or close enough) just by playing around. 
> However, what advice can I get on the lines? They don't need to resemble 
> stitches as only the top balls are REALLY stitched. The others are just 
> pressed into the plastic.
> 
> Cheers!
> Rick Measham

Looking for this:

http://objects.povworld.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?X=ball

-- 
Maurice


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