Stephen <mca### [at] aolcom> wrote:

> Hmm! Do you know about Tim Nikias' site.

Yes, certainly.  The problem is always: can I remember that it exists and what
he has over there....
There's always just SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much that people have written over the
years...   We need a POV-Ray Librarian / archivist to join the POV Team!


Oh.  Wait.  We have TdG.
:D

> He wrote a suit of macros.

http://www.nolights.de/downloads.html

> One
> of them ye describes thus:
> A set of macros to sample the surface of an object. Useful for
> surface-dependant effects like snow, moss, dust, hair, etc.

Ah, yes.  I recall some of threads way back with snow scenes.   Very clever
stuff.

> I've not used that one but his Liquid-Surface-Simulation-Macros work a
> treat.

Thanks, I'll check that out if an when I get enough uninterrupted free time.
<howling maniacal laughter>

Coincidentally, I've just been searching for a nice Mathematica Spikey / spiked
sphere / heavily stellated polyhedron, and his electrostatic repulsion macro
might just fit the bill.
Yay serendipity!


> Regards
>      Stephen

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