David Wilkinson wrote in message ...
>Blobs can be as complicated as you can devise them.  You only have to see
H.E.Day's images
>to see the power of blobs.  Run the code I gave in my answer to Moon74 to
see just one
>blob.
>
>In one blob you can keep on adding spheres and cylinders with positive and
negative
>strengths to add or subtract from the final shape.  These spheres and
cylinders can also
>be distorted by uneven scaling. The individual components in a blob can be
given different
>textures and this can all add up to a fiendishly complicated object.


One limit:  A single blob cannot have more than one million components.

Mark

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David Wilkinson <dav### [at] cwcomnet> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:51:17 -0000, "Tom Melly"
<tom### [at] tomandluforce9couk> wrote:
>
> >I'm having the same problem as Moon47.
> >
> >Do I take it from the various answers given that it is not possible to
> >declare a whole blob component?
> >
> What do you mean by "whole blob component"?

I mean that you cannot declare a blob component in the way that you can
declare a sphere or box. Instead you have to declare the individual vectors
and so on that make up a component.

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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 00:54:08 -0500, "Mark Wagner" <mar### [at] gtenet> wrote:

>
>David Wilkinson wrote in message ...
>>Blobs can be as complicated as you can devise them.
<snip>.
>
>One limit:  A single blob cannot have more than one million components.
>
>Mark
>
I'll just have to try and keep them simple then :-)
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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:56:47 -0000, "Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandluforce9couk> wrote:
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>David Wilkinson <dav### [at] cwcomnet> wrote in message
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>> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:51:17 -0000, "Tom Melly"
><tom### [at] tomandluforce9couk> wrote:
>>
>> >I'm having the same problem as Moon47.
>> >
>> >Do I take it from the various answers given that it is not possible to
>> >declare a whole blob component?
>> >
>> What do you mean by "whole blob component"?
>
>I mean that you cannot declare a blob component in the way that you can
>declare a sphere or box. Instead you have to declare the individual vectors
>and so on that make up a component.
>
OK Tom, we're just differing on semantics. Because a blob is not a regular geomtric
solid
the information necessary to define a blob increases with the complexity of the shape.
Even with a box you have to define the vectors that define it.
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David Wilkinson wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:56:47 -0000, "Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandluforce9couk> wrote:
> >
> >David Wilkinson <dav### [at] cwcomnet> wrote in message
> >news:q6klbskh7njnqkf39c6mhvk9q8b0hdrfo4@4ax.com...
> >> On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 11:51:17 -0000, "Tom Melly"
> ><tom### [at] tomandluforce9couk> wrote:
> >
> >I mean that you cannot declare a blob component in the way that you can
> >declare a sphere or box. Instead you have to declare the individual vectors
> >and so on that make up a component.
> >
> OK Tom, we're just differing on semantics. Because a blob is not a regular geomtric
solid
> the information necessary to define a blob increases with the complexity of the
shape.
> Even with a box you have to define the vectors that define it.

Any primitive can be #declared regardless of its complexity, but the
_components_ of a blob cannot.
There is a practical significance.  E.g. blob components can't be stored
in arrays.

PoD.

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You're right now would be a good time to say that without this tutorial i
would not have finished my " Two Cents..." Post... A very awesome tutorial i
will make sure to than the author at first chance...
Thanks again... =)

Ken wrote:

> Moon47 wrote:
> >
> > Thank you o' linker of links...
> > Once again saving the day...
> > The link buster...
> > The magical...
> > The wonderful..
> > The illustrious...
> > Ect... Ect... Ect...
>
> While I appreciate the praise ( who doesn't ? ) part of the credit should
> also go to those writing the tutorials. Without their efforts I would have
> nothing to link to.
>
> --
> 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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