Comments? Suggestions? Constructive Criticisms? Apprehensions? Coagualtions?

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Woody wrote:
> Comments? Suggestions? Constructive Criticisms? Apprehensions? Coagualtions?

Cool. I tried to do this once using CSG to cut the letters out of a 
block and gave up before I could get it working. Looks like your method 
works better.

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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Woody wrote:
> Comments? Suggestions? Constructive Criticisms? Apprehensions? Coagualtions?

haha, very nice!

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Woody wrote:
> Comments? Suggestions? Constructive Criticisms? Apprehensions? Coagualtions?

  Why aren't the objects illuminated by the same lights that are
illuminating the surrounding walls?

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"Woody" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Comments? Suggestions? Constructive Criticisms? Apprehensions? Coagualtions?

If you could upload a macro to the Object Collection I'd be thankful.

-Mike

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Darren New wrote:

> Cool. I tried to do this once using CSG to cut the letters out of a 
> block and gave up before I could get it working. Looks like your method 
> works better.

I'll have to play with this at home, but I think it should be feasable 
with intersection ... I'll see if I can get my initials in a block like 
that.

-- 
~Mike

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Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>
> > Cool. I tried to do this once using CSG to cut the letters out of a
> > block and gave up before I could get it working. Looks like your method
> > works better.
>
> I'll have to play with this at home, but I think it should be feasable
> with intersection ... I'll see if I can get my initials in a block like
> that.
>
> --
> ~Mike

I will try to get the source up as soon as I get home on Friday, to show you the
technical method.

Until then I can just say that each "letter" outline is not random. It's alot
easier to do it with only two letters, but when there are three its a lot less
controllable.

Originally the vertical bar for the J was in the center, but this messed up the
G. I also had the J and W, E and O, F and O, F and D in the same cubes, that is
only 4 with no solid squares. This also produced some funky shapes.

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"Woody" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> Originally the vertical bar for the J was in the center, but this messed up the
> G. I also had the J and W, E and O, F and O, F and D in the same cubes, that is
> only 4 with no solid squares. This also produced some funky shapes.

Ah, so it can't be done with arbitrary strings or fonts? That's too bad.

-Mike

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Mike Raiford wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Cool. I tried to do this once using CSG to cut the letters out of a 
>> block and gave up before I could get it working. Looks like your 
>> method works better.
> 
> 
> I'll have to play with this at home, but I think it should be feasable 
> with intersection ... I'll see if I can get my initials in a block like 
> that.
> 
I decided to try with my initials (LEH) and came up with this _VERY_ 
simplified test image.  Just a single block with the three initials. 
Fortunately, my initials were very easy to implement as simple unions of 
boxes.  These were then differenced from a cube.  Note, difference not 
intersection.

I don't know if this shape is physically possible, there might be 
'floating' chunks in the middle someplaces.  But it works as a POV image.

I did end up using rounded boxes instead of regular boxes, and I 
probably should change to spotlights as well.  But as I said, this was 
just a simple initial test.

      -=- Larry -=-

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Surname in two parts, with high-ambient object and radiosity.

The third dimension looks to be a challenge; the differing widths of the letters
don't make for a straightfoward vertical cut.

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