Penrose tiles are a nice effect, but I'm mostly interested in cobbles at the
moment.

A.D.B.

Chris Cason <del### [at] deletethistoopovrayorg> wrote:
> On 30/09/2010 04:41, Anthony D. Baye wrote:
> > I'm fishing for ideas about writing a macro to create cobblestone patterns like
> > the one in the following picture:
> >
> > http://cosmicadventure.com/gallery/albums/album42/Cobblestone_design.jpg
> >
> > perhaps with mathematical variations.
> >
> > The color of a stone might be determined based on radial distance and angle, and
> > the pattern could be sub-divided into rings, with each ring using a different
> > pattern...
>
> While not exactly what you are asking for (since it requires that the
> bricks themselves be of specific shapes, rather than a single shape), have
> you considered Penrose tiles? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose_tiling)
>
> -- Chris

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