>Eriban  on date 19/05/2014 21.26 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It's been a while since I had some time and inspiration to create something in
> POV-Ray, but I had a bit of both recently. Here's the result, which I hope you
> like.
>
> Cheers,
> Erwin
>
For impossible engines...
A fantastic shot!
;-)
Paolo

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Am 20.05.2014 22:36, schrieb Eriban:
> Thanks for all your comments. Please find my replies below.
>
> Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:
>> That is nice. I've not seen that one before.
>> :-D
>
> It's indeed far less common than the impossible triangle for example. However,
> this illusion is not the first of its kind. See for example
> http://im-possible.info/english/art/computer/ausbourne.html or
> http://impossible-world.blogspot.nl/2014/03/impossible-cog-wheels.html. The
> drawings on the latter page actually inspired this one.

I think your version tops it though.

>> The gear could be the next General Motors' or any steel/mechanic-related
>> company.
>
> It's a question though whether it then represents excellence, or shoddy
> craftsmenship ;-)

Flexibility. It obviously represents the amalgamation of excellence and 
flexibility.

> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> You truly are a 3D Escherian. Very well done indeed. And beautiful too.
>
> Thanks. This is indeed becoming my ray-tracing specialty. The only thing I can
> do reasonably well. Ah well, better that than doing many things poorly I
> guess...

"reasonably well"? You must be an Englishman, as that's typical English 
understatement.

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Ger <No.### [at] ThankYou> wrote:
> I don't like it, I love it. It puts the impossible cube I did a while ago way to
shame.

Thanks. Well, an impossible cube is a good start. Hopefully this will inspire
you to try some more impossible scenes. They are fun! :-)

Paolo Gibellini <p.g### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> For impossible engines...
> A fantastic shot!
> ;-)

Thanks!

clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> > It's indeed far less common than the impossible triangle for example. However,
> > this illusion is not the first of its kind. See for example
> > http://im-possible.info/english/art/computer/ausbourne.html or
> > http://impossible-world.blogspot.nl/2014/03/impossible-cog-wheels.html. The
> > drawings on the latter page actually inspired this one.
>
> I think your version tops it though.

Thanks.

> >> The gear could be the next General Motors' or any steel/mechanic-related
> >> company.
> >
> > It's a question though whether it then represents excellence, or shoddy
> > craftsmenship ;-)
>
> Flexibility. It obviously represents the amalgamation of excellence and
> flexibility.

Ah yes, that sounds better. So maybe it's a suitable logo for an Agile Hardware
company.

> "reasonably well"? You must be an Englishman, as that's typical English
> understatement.

Well, I am not English but did live there for a few years, so I might have
picked it up there.

Cheers,
Erwin

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"Eriban" <pov### [at] spamgourmetcom> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It's been a while since I had some time and inspiration to create something in
> POV-Ray, but I had a bit of both recently. Here's the result, which I hope you
> like.
>
> Cheers,
> Erwin

You inspired me to try my hand at animating some of those. The html makes it all
tile.
Thanks,
Jeff

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Attachments:
Download 'geartile.zip' (181 KB)

"Jeff Reifel" <jef### [at] rocketmailcom> wrote:
> You inspired me to try my hand at animating some of those. The html makes it all
> tile.

Hi Jeff,

I really like this. I am surprised by how well it actually works, given the
awkward shape of the gears. Occasionally the gear teeth don't seem to fully
interlock, but there's some redundancy in your set-up, so it all keeps turning
nicely. At least, I have been watching it for a fair while now, and didn't see
any hiccups ;-)

Cheers,
Erwin

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