Chris Huff wrote:
> 
> In article <8F9DE3567seed7@204.213.191.228>, ing### [at] homenl (ingo)
> wrote:
> 
> > How different would it be from the "i_dat3d" library with data_2d_1 or
> > data_2d_3, if at all ?
> 
> There would be very little difference...actually, I think this and other
> 3D voxel formats would be useful additions to the readable file formats.
> If they could be used in pigments, it would eliminate the need for
> specialized isosurface functions and provide more flexible textureing
> options.
> 

If i understand things right they can be used in pigments although i never tried
it.  

BTW, what's the difference between the 'i_dat3d' stuff and a density_file /
image_map pigment function except the syntax ? maybe speed ? I just saw that you
can also use df3 files for those functions and found everything quite
irritating.  

Christoph

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