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2 Aug 2024 00:18:31 EDT (-0400)
  Re: isosurface -> mesh  
From: Jim Charter
Date: 15 Feb 2005 16:50:26
Message: <42126ea2$1@news.povray.org>
Rafal Maj Raf256 wrote:
> Is there some ready to use #macro  with will turn my object into mesh?
> 
> It would be usefull for example for complicated isosurface, to speedup
> rendering at expense of memory usage (for hi-quality mesh).
> Yes, I know the object will be only approximated by triangles.
> 
> Best, if such macro would have options for quality of triangulation and so
> on.
> 
All I know of is Ingo's includes which convert parametric equations to mesh:
http://members.home.nl/seedseven/

and the fact that the heightfield object will accept a function:
height_field {
                 function 100,100 { f_wrinkles(x,y,z) }
                 scale <1, .005, 1 >
}


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