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From: Mike the Elder
Subject: Height field from S. Benge's Snowflake Generator
Date: 12 Dec 2007 13:40:01
Message: <web.47602a77ff7e2b59e2b2e7080@news.povray.org>

The images work great as height_field maps.

Thanks Sam! Great program.

Best Regards,
Mike C.



Samuel Benge wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Just in time for the holidays! It's a random snowflake generator. Far
> from being an accurate simulation, it does produce better-looking
> snowflakes than most programs available today(until I find a better
> one). You can save a 700x700 screenshot to file.
>
> The program(with instructions) can be found here:
> http://www.caltel.com/~abenge/snowflake1.zip
>
> And a screen shot can be found here:
> http://www.caltel.com/~abenge/snowflake.jpg
>
> C++ source is also included. Enjoy :)

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From: stbenge
Subject: Re: Height field from S. Benge's Snowflake Generator
Date: 12 Dec 2007 17:02:49
Message: <47605a89$1@news.povray.org>

Mike the Elder wrote:
> The images work great as height_field maps.

You might want to make that flake a little thinner :)

> Thanks Sam! Great program.

You're welcome, thanks.

I wonder why the new version (HGE FractalFlake) hasn't caught on more? 
You can do more with it, although the method it uses *is* completely 
different...

Sam

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