POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Couple of questions. : Re: Couple of questions. Server Time
10 Aug 2024 11:21:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Couple of questions.  
From: Ken
Date: 1 Jan 2000 12:36:01
Message: <386E3AA8.9FA59129@pacbell.net>
Paul Vanukoff wrote:
> 
> I have a question that I am sure has been asked before -
> 
> What is the quickest/easiest way to evenly distribute 'N' number of points
> on the surface of a sphere using POV?
> 
> Thanks for any insight.
> 
> --
> Paul Vanukoff
> van### [at] primenetcom

As I understand it the easiest method does not exist. There are simply to
many solutions to the problem. Check out the sphere FAQ at -

http://www.math.niu.edu/~rusin/papers/known-math/index/spheres.html

-- 
Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/


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