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From: Andrea Ryan
Subject: Irregular Bodies
Date: 2 Feb 2000 22:21:08
Message: <3898F0FC.74F6B018@global2000.net>
Hello,
how can irregular bodies like rocks, Phobos and Deimos be created in
POV-Ray?  I have maps of both moons.
Brendan Ryan


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From: Peter Warren
Subject: Re: Irregular Bodies
Date: 2 Feb 2000 23:23:17
Message: <389902b5@news.povray.org>
John VanSickle has a nice Rock Maker Include File.

A little more esoteric would be Mark J. Stock's RockTools
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mstock/pages/rocktools.html

John Beale's page has orb...thiny.

Sorry I'm coming down with a bit of a cold
so my brain is not so sharp.

Uncle Ken's Links (for all your POVRay needs.)
http://www.spiritone.com/~english/ken/linkstoc.html


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From: Ken
Subject: Re: Irregular Bodies
Date: 2 Feb 2000 23:38:18
Message: <38990630.21F1FC32@pacbell.net>
Peter Warren wrote:

> Uncle Ken's Links (for all your POVRay needs.)
> http://www.spiritone.com/~english/ken/linkstoc.html

That list is terrible outdated. Use the links at povray.org instead.
http://www.povray.org/links/

-- 
Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/


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From: Mark Wagner
Subject: Re: Irregular Bodies
Date: 3 Feb 2000 01:16:14
Message: <38991d2e@news.povray.org>
Andrea Ryan wrote in message <3898F0FC.74F6B018@global2000.net>...
>Hello,
>how can irregular bodies like rocks, Phobos and Deimos be created in
>POV-Ray?  I have maps of both moons.
>Brendan Ryan


If you have the heightfield for a moon/planet/asteroid/whatever, you can use
an isosurface to directly create a spherical heightfield.

Mark


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From: Ken
Subject: Re: Irregular Bodies
Date: 3 Feb 2000 03:18:53
Message: <389939E4.13C2F866@pacbell.net>
Mark Wagner wrote:
> 
> Andrea Ryan wrote in message <3898F0FC.74F6B018@global2000.net>...
> >Hello,
> >how can irregular bodies like rocks, Phobos and Deimos be created in
> >POV-Ray?  I have maps of both moons.
> >Brendan Ryan
> 
> If you have the heightfield for a moon/planet/asteroid/whatever, you can use
> an isosurface to directly create a spherical heightfield...

...assuming you are running the patched version of POV-Ray called MegaPov.
This feature is not available in the official version of POV-Ray.

-- 
Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/


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From: Fabian Brau
Subject: Re: Irregular Bodies
Date: 3 Feb 2000 05:29:48
Message: <38995970.90512893@umh.ac.be>
There was a good code post here (I didn't know who and when sorry :)).
Look at p.b.i for an example. If you like, I will repost the code (
I want to emphasis that this is not my code).

Fabian.

PS: The code use isosurface! So you will need Superpatch or Megapov.

Andrea Ryan wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> how can irregular bodies like rocks, Phobos and Deimos be created in
> POV-Ray?  I have maps of both moons.
> Brendan Ryan


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From: Josh English
Subject: Re: Irregular Bodies
Date: 3 Feb 2000 11:07:12
Message: <3899A70B.A2BFD962@spiritone.com>
Yeah, that it outdated. I think the files are still there. I'll kill them to
avoid confusion in the future

Ken wrote:

> Peter Warren wrote:
>
> > Uncle Ken's Links (for all your POVRay needs.)
> > http://www.spiritone.com/~english/ken/linkstoc.html
>
> That list is terrible outdated. Use the links at povray.org instead.
> http://www.povray.org/links/
>
> --
> Ken Tyler -  1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

--
Josh English
eng### [at] spiritonecom
"May your hopes, dreams, and plans not be destroyed by a few zeros."


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From: Johannes Hubert
Subject: Re: Irregular Bodies
Date: 3 Feb 2000 16:16:34
Message: <3899f032@news.povray.org>
Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
news:389939E4.13C2F866@pacbell.net...
>
>
> Mark Wagner wrote:
> >
> >
> > If you have the heightfield for a moon/planet/asteroid/whatever, you can
use
> > an isosurface to directly create a spherical heightfield...
>
> ...assuming you are running the patched version of POV-Ray called MegaPov.
> This feature is not available in the official version of POV-Ray.

And also, if it is a real heightfield of a real moon/planet, the height of
the elevations in relation to the overall size will be so small, that you
won't see anything in the render, so you can use a sphere to begin with :)
Of course, asteroids/whatevers are a different story...

Johannes.


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From: H E  Day
Subject: Re: Irregular Bodies
Date: 4 Feb 2000 00:24:30
Message: <389A622A.E8B875C1@fci.net>
That would be mine.  It was posted under craters, around about the first
of the year.
Good luck!

Fabian Brau wrote:

> There was a good code post here (I didn't know who and when sorry :)).
> Look at p.b.i for an example. If you like, I will repost the code (
> I want to emphasis that this is not my code).
>
> Fabian.
>
> PS: The code use isosurface! So you will need Superpatch or Megapov.
>
> Andrea Ryan wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> > how can irregular bodies like rocks, Phobos and Deimos be created in
> > POV-Ray?  I have maps of both moons.
> > Brendan Ryan

--
H.E. Day


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From: Peter Warren
Subject: Re: Irregular Bodies
Date: 4 Feb 2000 09:26:00
Message: <389ae178@news.povray.org>
Oops, sorry.
 If I was in a bad mood I would say:
"Hey, kill me."

But I am just tired.

:)

Peter Warren
war### [at] hotmailcom


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