clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:

> Function image, maybe? (You can generate an internal greyscale image
> from a function, and use that as input for a height field.)

http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.0/379/
That was an option I was unaware of.  Too much cool stuff to play with!  :)

> Isosurface?
That could totally be a very cool option considering what I've seen people do
with isosurfaces.  Especially since it's a small scene element and so might not
be a huge bottleneck.

> Parametric?
> Lathe?

Both good suggestions I'll have to explore.

With regard to the complex topology of some of the furniture, I'm wondering if
something like a sphere sweep would get me the bulk of what I was aiming for
quickly - especially in the case of the scroll work.  IIRC, there's a "cone
sweep" - is there a cylinder sweep?  blob sweep?
I suppose those are all just specific instances of "follow this spline and plot
this object{X} at the current point", so I could try and code that generalized
case by hand...

Thanks for the suggestions as always.  There are few threads I fail to profit
from in some way.

{Have a great weekend everyone!}

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