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5 Aug 2025 22:33:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Object Placement Rabbit Hole  
From: Chris R
Date: 1 Aug 2025 10:30:00
Message: <web.688cce5acdb862484a0708c75cc1b6e@news.povray.org>
"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> "Chris R" <car### [at] comcastnet> wrote:
>
> > I wrote the code based on the letter stacking code in libcollide.inc and
> > debugged it, and added the grid generation piece to my libmesh.inc library.
> > Here are the results of repeatedly adding 20 discs to the same uneven surface
> > using the algorithm.  I think it does pretty well and it's actually quick enough
> > that you could run it during rendering, but I kept the option to write the
> > transforms to a file so you can pre-create them.
>
> Damn, that is nice.
>
> I'm hoping to see a pile of many more primitives on a much more uneven surface!
>
> Nice work!
>
> - BW

Coming Real Soon Now...

I plan to add documentation to the library code files and create a usable sample
scene using them as an example.  In the mean time, I can create a version of
this scene with additional object types and I can pervert the surface as well.

-- Chris R


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