> I think if you sat down and spent enough time on it, it's quite plausible 
> you could eventually model something like this. The pipework would be 
> somewhat tricky, and it's not fantastically easy to model an intricate 
> object with a single photo from just one angle, but I think it should be 
> doable.
>
> Of course, almost *anything* is possible given a mathematically unbounded 
> amount of time, so maybe the interesting question is how long it would 
> take with a simple mesh modeller?

Not as long as with SDL :-)

Why don't you post a link to a photo of something that you think you could 
easily create a realistic model of in SDL?

> Interesting thought: This is a modern car engine. It was almost certainly 
> designed using a computer. I wander which modelling technology *they* used 
> to design it in the first place?

A high-end 3D CAD system, probably Catia as BMW use that for most other 
things in the car.

Nice video of it being used:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80-JcXO5Mi8

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