[GDS|Entropy] wrote:
> Yeah...

CrapGadget... classic :)

> Trying to get used to array storage/retrieval in POV again, screwing 
> around..not quite sure where I am going with this.
> 
> Essentially I am mucking around with arrays of vectors which connect end to 
> end. I am slowly integrating randomness and branch/object property 
> variation.
> 
> So I guess this could end up being either some kind of pulsing hydraulic 
> atrocity when animated, or some sort of shrubbery when used with splines, 
> and possibly some mutated horrific retrovirus when used with sphere_sweeps.
> 
> I really don't know...or care for that matter, it just looks cool. ;-p
> But I would appreciate any code example using adaptive multi-dimensional 
> arrays. See below: [this is not the pov code which produced the image, this 
> is just a flowing thought which attempts to clairify my goal] (keep in mind 
> I've been up for like 18hrs too, so..yeah..I've probably screwed up lots of 
> places and need sleep)

Perhaps Gilles Tran has some code suitable for helping you toward your 
goal -> http://www.oyonale.com/

> Essentially What I am looking for in the final function is the ability to 
> say: "There are X number of objects type Z of diameter N, in a row, each 
> requiring two non-intersecting vectors, and each object to has one vector in 
> common with the object which follows it."
> 
> Did I state this clearly, or should I go to bed for a while?? ;-)

Maybe, and probably. Is it possible to label the objects as you put them 
into the array? Maybe another array can be used as a reference?

Sam

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