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From: SharkD
Date: 4 Jun 2010 16:57:32
Message: <4c0968bc$1@news.povray.org>

On 6/4/2010 4:27 PM, Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> SharkD wrote:
>
>> Is there a good way to, for instance, place a number of trees randomly
>> without having them overlap?
>
> one possible way is to iterate over a grid of possible positions and
> then deciding randomly or based on a distribution function whether this
> particular cell should contain a tree. The actual tree position can
> then be varied within the cell to avoid an obvious grid spacing.


Thanks, that sounds like it would work.

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