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  Re: Unix / linux point surface  
From: Warp
Date: 10 Feb 2011 11:57:54
Message: <4d541912@news.povray.org>
Prashant Goswami <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I am a new POVRAY user and I have a question. I am working on Smoothed Particle
> Hydrodynamics(SPH) and I need to generate some cool fluid surface from points /
> particles. I do not see a direct way of doing that with the existing files from
> the latest and previous version of povray. Is there a way to create particle
> surface from their positions in SPH by specifying in .pov specification file?

  Not really. If the points are placed evenly on a grid, only the height
varying, you could create a heightfield (eg. by creating an image from
your points with an external tool), but if the points are completely
arbitrarily placed, there's no easy way.

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                                                          - Warp


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