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  Re: cracking a sphere  
From: kike
Date: 17 Nov 2010 14:40:01
Message: <web.4ce42f34a070b6d7519bbb570@news.povray.org>
> I'm not entirely certain I know what you mean by "Model the whole thing"

I mean to model/sculpt the cracked sphere

> I don't have Wings3D, and I really don't use anything but POV.

Wings3D is a free subdivision modeler very easy to use and tuned to export
models to povray as meshes.
http://www.wings3d.com/

> I've tried creating the object as an Isosurface with cracks made using a crackle
pattern,
> but the cracks propagate straight through along an axis, rather than down from
> the surface.

this way you can do exactly the object you want and then export it to Pov


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