POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : SUGGESTION: Hollow 0.05 : Re: SUGGESTION: Hollow 0.05 Server Time
26 Apr 2024 15:04:37 EDT (-0400)
  Re: SUGGESTION: Hollow 0.05  
From: Bald Eagle
Date: 29 Nov 2018 19:10:02
Message: <web.5c007f76627182d0765e06870@news.povray.org>
"MessyBlob" <nomail@nomail> wrote:

> If you can make an isosurface out of it, then it's possible to make an 'offset
> surface' general solution, which can be combined with CSG to create the skin.
> Caveat: it might be slow to render, especially if you're using several 'power'
> functions for smooth transitions.

In order to have a "general" solution - you'd have to process what to do with
the offset result of convex regions.
And I can assure you that's not trivial.


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