In article <3ee31d9f$1@news.povray.org>,
 "The Brain" <rag### [at] univalde> wrote:

> My latest project is a wastepaper basket. It looks already suprising cool,
> but some really important part of it still lacks: The content.
> 
> I have really no idea how to make strongly crumpled paper, and I guess it
> wouldnt be funny to stick meshes together. Is there a more intelligent way
> to fill my wastepaper basket?

I don't see how it could be humorous or not, but it certainly wouldn't 
be an enjoyable experience. Short of some kind of mass-spring sheet 
simulation (like some variant of the cloth patch), a mesh seems like the 
best option. If you won't see it too closely, you could just ignore 
things like self-intersections. You might even be able to get away with 
a crackle-sphere isosurface if it is only visible from a distance. A 
ball of paper is a complex object resulting from many different physical 
interactions, both in the paper itself and in the hands that crumpled 
it. Describing it is definitely going to be difficult.

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