On 03/25/2015 12:47 PM, Sven Littkowski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> actually, using blobs is not difficult, still, I have a case where I
> self simply don't succeed to find the right values. If you like, try
> yourself on it and help me with a solution.
>
> Basically, I have a more or less cylindrical body, and wanted a smooth
> transformation into a cylinder across, at its end. My own solution
> doesn't look good, after days of trying.

My historical tendency when faced with intractable blobs has been to 
give up on the blobs and use isosurfaces.  In fact, I got so much into 
isosurfaces (slow as they are) that I wrote several functions for 
isosurface blobbing.  Two of them are included in the Object Collection 
module RoundEdge.  They are more predictable than the blobbing methods 
described in the user manual, being formulated to seamlessly match 
POV-Ray primitives.  This way, instead of having a big, slow isosurface, 
you can reduce the render time by confining the isosurface to the join 
areas, and using the primitives for the rest of the form.

The RoundEdge module contains other functions for matching blobs to 
primitives, but those functions don't seem applicable to the shape you 
have so far.  (I'm assuming you want the red part of the shape to 
transition smoothly into the white part.)

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