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16 Apr 2024 15:31:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Vortex pattern  
From: jr
Date: 15 Jul 2019 11:15:01
Message: <web.5d2c98663717ac603936914a0@news.povray.org>
hi,

"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> "Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> > "jr" <cre### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> > > can this be used to make a "twister" (ie tornado)?  v nice.
> > Might be another one on the way to better illustrate the twister.
>
> I had to add a y-component to the pattern to add a twist along y, so now it not
> only rotates, it _twists_.  I should probably add a control factor for that into
> the formula.  :)

looks pretty awesome already, that twist really does it.  :-)  are the solid
bits (isosurface fragments?) solid as in can do meaningful 'inside()' tests?  I
ask because I'm thinking (convert to) DF3.


regards, jr.


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