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  Re: how to prevent overlapping random objects?  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 16 Aug 2010 03:10:37
Message: <4c68e46d@news.povray.org>
"Edouard" <pov### [at] edouardinfo> schreef in bericht 
news:web.4c688dc1d03a138b20e671e70@news.povray.org...
> Until I looked at his sketch I hadn't realised the property that each 
> subsequent
> value in the sequence is guaranteed to be almost maximally distance from 
> the
> previous one, and that you can use that to drive variations like object 
> colour
> or size (so the same types of tree are close to each other, but big trees 
> are
> always interspersed with small trees, etc). Really fascinating stuff.

These are interesting thoughts indeed. I certainly shall have to experiment 
with this. Thank you!

>
> I'd love to find the time to write up an article in the Wiki on them for 
> POVRay,
> but it's hard finding time with two young kids :-)

True. Put them to work on POV-Ray candy ;-)

Thomas


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