"Rick Measham" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message
news:4206fe03@news.povray.org...
> 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

Hi Rick,

I've put my attempt at a netball on povray.binaries.images with the source
on povray.binaries.source.

Chris B.

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