On 11-3-2019 22:32, MichaelJF wrote:
> Am 11.03.2019 um 08:30 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>> On 10-3-2019 20:57, MichaelJF wrote:
>>> Am 08.03.2019 um 08:28 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>>>> On 7-3-2019 16:02, ingo wrote:
>>>>> in news:5c80dc5f@news.povray.org Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I came across some examples of Medieval windows made with the "cives"
>>>>>> technique ("fenêtre à cives")
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> OMG, "Buzenscheiben", I've had to recreate and colourise those many 
>>>>> times
>>>>> for printing on self adhesive window films.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> LOL Indeed, that is where those are mostly found nowadays.
>>>>
>>>> To all: What are those windows called in other languages?
>>>>
>>> In German, it is Butzenglas, Batzenscheibe, Nabelscheibe or 
>>> Ochsenauge. I modelled it some years ago with wings 3d, but never 
>>> posted the code (mesh) and the macros to produce windows from it. If 
>>> someone is interested, I will clean up the code a little bit and post 
>>> it.
>>>
>>
>> Interesting! I modelled the glass in Silo and am currently writing 
>> macros for the different types of windows. I certainly shall continue 
>> till completion, but I would be curious to compare eventually. So, 
>> yes, please?
>>
> Hello Thomas,
> 
> I was on an occupational journey and had to congratulate my father to 
> his eighty-first birthday today, living at the same location at Essen, 
> Germany. I hope I can post the code tomorrow. It is just a mesh and some 
> macros to put the tiles into a window with rounded frames and a frame 
> all around them to have a window.
> 

That is ok, Michael. Happy Birthday to your father! I hope he is in good 
health.

-- 
Thomas

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