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19 Apr 2024 15:09:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Sheared supertori  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 23 Jan 2010 11:05:06
Message: <4b5b1e32$1@news.povray.org>
"Jim Charter" <jrc### [at] msncom> schreef in bericht 
news:4b5b0875$1@news.povray.org...
>>
> Beautiful effect, makes me think, a little, of soapstone carving.  The 
> method gives an interesting insight also. Applying the shearing macro to 
> an iso-surface is something I would not have expected.  Being a mere 
> mortal with maths, I would have guessed, rather, that you'd done the 
> shearing with the iso-surface function somehow.

Yes indeed, and within the isosurface function, there is a shear code that 
can be used, I remember from my *ancient* geomorph macro. It is explained in 
the isosurface part of the docs iirc   :)

Thomas


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