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From: Lars R 
Subject: Grid of an isosurface object for it?
Date: 24 Apr 2014 06:05:11
Message: <5358e1d7$1@news.povray.org>
I searched for an isosurface formula that describes a "3D version" of a
1/x hyperbola, but not just rotating them or the like (hyperboloids are
nice but too common)

After some mistakes I found it and here is the result. Does this surface
has a special name?

I hope, you enjoy it.

Lars R.


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From: Christian Froeschlin
Subject: Re: Grid of an isosurface object ame for it?
Date: 10 May 2014 21:18:36
Message: <536ecfec$1@news.povray.org>
On 24.04.2014 12:05, Lars R. wrote:

> After some mistakes I found it and here is the result. Does this surface
> has a special name?

Don't know that but it is a nice solution :)


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From: Nekar Xenos
Subject: Re: name for it?
Date: 11 May 2014 14:03:44
Message: <op.xfpi4g1kufxv4h@xena.home>
On Thu, 24 Apr 2014 12:05:10 +0200, Lars R. <rou### [at] gmxnet> wrote:

> I searched for an isosurface formula that describes a "3D version" of a
> 1/x hyperbola, but not just rotating them or the like (hyperboloids are
> nice but too common)
>
> After some mistakes I found it and here is the result. Does this surface
> has a special name?
>
> I hope, you enjoy it.
>
> Lars R.

I think it is called the Rouker Hyperboloid Matrix or something ;^>

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-


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From: JimT
Subject: Re: Grid of an isosurface object =3D?UTF-8?B?4oCTIElzIHRoZXJlIGEgbmFtZQ=3D=
Date: 29 May 2014 06:20:00
Message: <web.53870968433e8bd6be7517870@news.povray.org>
"Lars R." <rou### [at] gmxnet> wrote:

> After some mistakes I found it and here is the result. Does this surface
> has a special name?
>
I don't know the name, but it will have hyperboloid in it, as suggested.
>
> I hope, you enjoy it.
>
I did enjoy it. So much so that I took the liberty of tweaking your function to
give first derivative continuity at the join.

For y = 0, the hyperbola looks like x^2z^2 = 0.25 or z = sqrt(0.25)/x.

Tweaking this as z = sqrt(0.25)(1/x + epsilon*x) and cutting off at x = X gives
epsilon = 1/X^2, so the new function becomes, in 3D:

function { x*x*y*y + x*x*z*z + y*y*z*z - 0.25*pow(((x*x+y*y+z*z)/(3*3)+1),2) }

I'm not too familiar with user-defined isosurfaces but will need to become so to
do some of the things I am planning, so thanks for the tutorial.

JimT


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From: Cousin Ricky
Subject: Re: Grid of an isosurface object =3D3D?UTF-8?B?4oCTIElzIHRoZXJlIGEgbmFtZQ=
Date: 29 May 2014 06:55:01
Message: <web.538711669fd8d73c192ae5f10@news.povray.org>
"JimT" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I did enjoy it. So much so that I took the liberty of tweaking your function to
> give first derivative continuity at the join.
>
> [snip]
>
> I'm not too familiar with user-defined isosurfaces but will need to become so to
> do some of the things I am planning, so thanks for the tutorial.

You seem to be well on your way.  In my experience, the trickiest part was
figuring out the max_gradient, but once you understand conceptually what's going
on, that becomes fairly easy to deal with.


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From: JimT
Subject: Re: Grid of an isosurface object =3D3D3D?UTF-8?B?4oCTIElzIHRoZXJlIGEgbmFtZQ=
Date: 29 May 2014 07:20:00
Message: <web.538716a990ad18d1be7517870@news.povray.org>
> > I'm not too familiar with user-defined isosurfaces but will need to become so to
> > do some of the things I am planning, so thanks for the tutorial.
>
> You seem to be well on your way.  In my experience, the trickiest part was
> figuring out the max_gradient, but once you understand conceptually what's going
> on, that becomes fairly easy to deal with.

I have used POV-Ray for a while, but this is the first time I have posted an
image of any kind.

LarsR has provided the checkered plane and a reflective surface. My tweak is
spherically symmetric. Does that count?

JimT.


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From: William F Pokorny
Subject: Re: Grid of an isosurface object =3D3D3D?UTF-8?B?4oCTIElzIHRoZXJlIGEgbmFtZQ=
Date: 29 May 2014 07:38:38
Message: <53871c3e$1@news.povray.org>
On 05/29/2014 07:14 AM, JimT wrote:
>
> I have used POV-Ray for a while, but this is the first time I have posted an
> image of any kind.
>
> LarsR has provided the checkered plane and a reflective surface. My tweak is
> spherically symmetric. Does that count?
>
Absolutely. :-)


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Grid of an isosurface object =3D3D3D?UTF-8?B?4oCTIElzIHRoZXJlIGEgbmFtZQ=
Date: 29 May 2014 18:57:23
Message: <5387bb53@news.povray.org>
On 29/05/2014 12:38, William F Pokorny wrote:
> On 05/29/2014 07:14 AM, JimT wrote:
>>
>> I have used POV-Ray for a while, but this is the first time I have
>> posted an
>> image of any kind.
>>
>> LarsR has provided the checkered plane and a reflective surface. My
>> tweak is
>> spherically symmetric. Does that count?
>>
> Absolutely. :-)

Gone are the days when a first post was a RSOACP

Nice one! Jim

-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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