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20 May 2024 08:34:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The ghost of a box  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 30 Jul 2023 07:56:16
Message: <64c64fe0@news.povray.org>
Op 30-7-2023 om 13:40 schreef Bald Eagle:
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> Some time ago and entirely by chance, I came across this site/image:
>> https://www.printables.com/model/431413-illusion-cube
>>
>> I thought this was an interesting shape and I built my own version in
>> POV-Ray code:
> 
> Nice.  :)
> 
> I would have been tempted to do it as a union, probably trying to be (too)
> clever and using some kind of algorithm to use +/- <x, y, z>, etc.
> 
Oh, I am sure there are better ways; I just did a quick-and-dirty 
modelling without thinking too deeply about other options. ;-)

> It _does_ kind of scream ... 3D L-system, now doesn't it?   :D
> 
Now, you are the second one here to mention that. I have not paid much 
attention to the L_system discussion here however.

> This IS very well done - it has a very nice overall space fields, where all of
> the elements come together and blend into a nicely composed space scene.
> 
Thanks indeed. It was a good occasion to use that Milkyway star field 
together with my old spaceship. Always nice dig into the old dusty 
coffers with discarded and forgotten models... :-)

-- 
Thomas


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