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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> "Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msn com> wrote in message
> news:4b4ea3e0$1@news.povray.org...
>> Are you saying the leaves in "Clay Pots" were created in a modeler that
>> outputs bi-cubic patches such as Hamapatch?
>
> Yes ... Bishop3D
>
>> But that you would rather shape their profiles with mathematical curves,
>> then fill in the surfaces using bicubic patches?
>>
>> Or that you have already done that but would like to do it better?
>
> Although the pots turned out rather well, the leaves/petals not so much ...
> I'm just looking for a better way. Maybe I just need to spend more time with
> a modeller to get the desired results.
>
You would probably get some help at the Bishop3D forums, if you ask.
Miri is quite good at making these forms free hand. She created some
grass leaves as I remember. There is also a method of uploading control
points from a file if you can get a way of calculating them. Or you can
use your own SDL code with the raw script plugin.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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