Here's some results from my latest experiments with
John VanSickle's "New Surface Subdivision Suite":
http://www.geocities.com/evilsnack/nsss.htm

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Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:

> 
> Here's some results from my latest experiments with
> John VanSickle's "New Surface Subdivision Suite":
> http://www.geocities.com/evilsnack/nsss.htm

I'd like to point out that My April 2004 IRTC entry
has a pair of aliens that use the same subdivision
surfaces as well.  Also, one of my two Jan 2004 entries
has a simple subdivided model as well.

These things get a whole lot easier to use when you
have a modeler (and the two models in the IRTC were made
using the modeler I've developed).  Now that I've got
uv-mapping working right (I think :-) I might update the
look of the Greb, and make one or two more alien races.

Regards,
John

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John VanSickle wrote:

> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
> 
>>
>> Here's some results from my latest experiments with
>> John VanSickle's "New Surface Subdivision Suite":
>> http://www.geocities.com/evilsnack/nsss.htm
> 
> 
> I'd like to point out that My April 2004 IRTC entry
> has a pair of aliens that use the same subdivision
> surfaces as well.  Also, one of my two Jan 2004 entries
> has a simple subdivided model as well.

I just had a look at it. Nice !


> These things get a whole lot easier to use when you
> have a modeler (and the two models in the IRTC were made
> using the modeler I've developed).

"Programming" images is the way for me. - so I'll
see if I can find ways to use macros to generate
the vertices for the subdivisions.


> Now that I've got uv-mapping working right (I think :-)
> I might update the look of the Greb, and make one or
> two more alien races.

I don't understand how one can do UV-mapping on
surfaces with arbitrary topology. - I'll have to
read your documentation more thoroughly.


Btw.: Is there a way to make "inner" edges as sharp
as outer edges ? (See attached image.) I have tried
to specify sharp values for such "inner" edges, but
they don't seem get sharp at all.

Please explain.

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Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:

> John VanSickle wrote:
> 
>> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Here's some results from my latest experiments with
>>> John VanSickle's "New Surface Subdivision Suite":
>>> http://www.geocities.com/evilsnack/nsss.htm
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd like to point out that My April 2004 IRTC entry
>> has a pair of aliens that use the same subdivision
>> surfaces as well.  Also, one of my two Jan 2004 entries
>> has a simple subdivided model as well.
> 
> 
> I just had a look at it. Nice !
> 
> 
>> These things get a whole lot easier to use when you
>> have a modeler (and the two models in the IRTC were made
>> using the modeler I've developed).
> 
> 
> "Programming" images is the way for me. - so I'll
> see if I can find ways to use macros to generate
> the vertices for the subdivisions.
> 
> 
>> Now that I've got uv-mapping working right (I think :-)
>> I might update the look of the Greb, and make one or
>> two more alien races.
> 
> 
> I don't understand how one can do UV-mapping on
> surfaces with arbitrary topology. - I'll have to
> read your documentation more thoroughly.
> 
> 
> Btw.: Is there a way to make "inner" edges as sharp
> as outer edges ? (See attached image.) I have tried
> to specify sharp values for such "inner" edges, but
> they don't seem get sharp at all.

The on-line docs contain an error.  A sharpness of -1 causes the
sharpness to be *on* for all levels of subdivision, and not off (as the
page erroneously states).

Regards,
John

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John VanSickle wrote:
> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
> 
>> Btw.: Is there a way to make "inner" edges as sharp
>> as outer edges ? (See attached image.) I have tried
>> to specify sharp values for such "inner" edges, but
>> they don't seem get sharp at all.
> 
> 
> The on-line docs contain an error.  A sharpness of -1 causes the
> sharpness to be *on* for all levels of subdivision, and not off (as the
> page erroneously states).

Ok. Then I must have understood it right, even if it
was written wrong.

I have tried to specify different sharpness values
"manually" for such "inner" edges, but I'm still not
able to get them sharp.

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Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
> John VanSickle wrote:
> 
>> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
>>
>>> Btw.: Is there a way to make "inner" edges as sharp
>>> as outer edges ? (See attached image.) I have tried
>>> to specify sharp values for such "inner" edges, but
>>> they don't seem get sharp at all.
>>
>>
>>
>> The on-line docs contain an error.  A sharpness of -1 causes the
>> sharpness to be *on* for all levels of subdivision, and not off (as the
>> page erroneously states).
> 
> 
> Ok. Then I must have understood it right, even if it
> was written wrong.
> 
> I have tried to specify different sharpness values
> "manually" for such "inner" edges, but I'm still not
> able to get them sharp.

I would do some testing to reproduce this problem, but
right now both of my machines are hip deep in an IRTC
render.

Regards,
John

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John VanSickle wrote:
> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
> 
>> John VanSickle wrote:
>>
>>> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
>>>
>>>> Btw.: Is there a way to make "inner" edges as sharp
>>>> as outer edges ? (See attached image.) I have tried
>>>> to specify sharp values for such "inner" edges, but
>>>> they don't seem get sharp at all.
...
>> I have tried to specify different sharpness values
>> "manually" for such "inner" edges, but I'm still not
>> able to get them sharp.
> 
> 
> I would do some testing to reproduce this problem, but
> right now both of my machines are hip deep in an IRTC
> render.

Ok.
Then I'll investigate this further on my own, just to
make sure that I'm not doing anything wrong or mis-
understanding something.

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Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
> John VanSickle wrote:
> 
>> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
>>
>>> John VanSickle wrote:
>>>
>>>> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Btw.: Is there a way to make "inner" edges as sharp
>>>>> as outer edges ? (See attached image.) I have tried
>>>>> to specify sharp values for such "inner" edges, but
>>>>> they don't seem get sharp at all.
> 
> ...
> 
>>> I have tried to specify different sharpness values
>>> "manually" for such "inner" edges, but I'm still not
>>> able to get them sharp.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would do some testing to reproduce this problem, but
>> right now both of my machines are hip deep in an IRTC
>> render.
> 
> 
> Ok.
> Then I'll investigate this further on my own, just to
> make sure that I'm not doing anything wrong or mis-
> understanding something.

I'm sorry.

The fault was all mine. I just found an insect in my code.

Now all is working as it should. (See attached image.)

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