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5 Aug 2025 07:30:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Object Placement Rabbit Hole  
From: Bald Eagle
Date: 21 Jul 2025 10:00:00
Message: <web.687e4758cdb86248f34d8a9e25979125@news.povray.org>
Josh English <Jos### [at] joshuarenglishcom> wrote:

> The only other way I could think to do this

Way back, people were using Koppi's Bullet Physics to drop and place objects.
Presumably there is code one can look at to understand how object collision was
detected, and how objects were placed once finally coming to rest.

I'd probably bet money that Rune also came up with a robust algorithm for things
like this.

- BE


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