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From: Prashant Goswami
Subject: Unix / linux point surface
Date: 10 Feb 2011 08:10:01
Message: <web.4d53e29af2152a2049b3d0ad0@news.povray.org>

Hi all,

I am a new POVRAY user and I have a question. I am working on Smoothed Particle
Hydrodynamics(SPH) and I need to generate some cool fluid surface from points /
particles. I do not see a direct way of doing that with the existing files from
the latest and previous version of povray. Is there a way to create particle
surface from their positions in SPH by specifying in .pov specification file?

Thanks in advance,
Prashant

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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Unix / linux point surface
Date: 10 Feb 2011 11:57:54
Message: <4d541912@news.povray.org>

Prashant Goswami <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I am a new POVRAY user and I have a question. I am working on Smoothed Particle
> Hydrodynamics(SPH) and I need to generate some cool fluid surface from points /
> particles. I do not see a direct way of doing that with the existing files from
> the latest and previous version of povray. Is there a way to create particle
> surface from their positions in SPH by specifying in .pov specification file?

  Not really. If the points are placed evenly on a grid, only the height
varying, you could create a heightfield (eg. by creating an image from
your points with an external tool), but if the points are completely
arbitrarily placed, there's no easy way.

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                                                          - Warp

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