Chris Huff wrote:

> In article <395916CA.D8746C63@online.no>, Tor Olav Kristensen
> <tto### [at] onlineno> wrote:
>
> > Any chance of a torus segment component as well ?
> > (E.g.: Give a normal vector for the torus and a point in the "ring",
> > the angle it covers and the minor radius.)
>
> Maybe...

Then I hope so,
because I want to be able to make smooth, "turning" blobs.
(Torii segments in combinations with cylinders to make "spaghetti-blobs".)


> > Maybe im going to far now, but how about making it possible to
> > cut in the strength field of a component with primitive shapes ?
> > (I.e.: "CSG-light" for blobs)
>
> This should be possible with the "pigment" component type using the blob
> pattern with the object pattern.

Hmmm... I will have to think about this a little bit...

(Maybe I should have called it "CSG-Lite")


> > > It just adds the contribution of the blob into the rest of the pattern.
> > > I added it so you don't have to translate/duplicate a blob object into
> > > the blob pattern.
> >
> > Smart.
> > So then one can make nested blobs (or even recursive ones) ?
> > ...
>
> No nested blobs, it just allows you to add a blob *object* to a blob
> *pattern*. Though the syntax looks like one blob nested within another...

Sorry. I didn't read your last sentence thoroughly


Tor Olav
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very interesting...
have you taken the ink blot test...?

"Lt. Ketch" wrote:

> I'm sorry to disrupt the thoughts of pleasant ice cream, but it reminds more
> of mold on two berries...

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