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From: Dave Matthews
Subject: Twisted Torus (90 k)
Date: 11 May 2004 12:25:20
Message: <40a0fe70@news.povray.org>
Unknot courtesy of KnotPlot.  The tiled floor is a heightfield.

Dave Matthews


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From: Dan P
Subject: Re: Twisted Torus (90 k)
Date: 11 May 2004 21:02:46
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Dave Matthews wrote:

> Unknot courtesy of KnotPlot.  The tiled floor is a heightfield.
> 
> Dave Matthews

Very cool! Using a normal instead of a heighfield would be more 
efficient for a mostly flat surface.
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Respectfully,
Dan P
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From: Dave Matthews
Subject: Re: Twisted Torus (90 k)
Date: 12 May 2004 15:04:49
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Dan P wrote:

> Very cool! Using a normal instead of a heighfield would be more 
> efficient for a mostly flat surface.

Thanks, and you're right.  I think I thought I had a good reason for 
doing it the way I did, but I don't know what it might have been.

Dave Matthews


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