POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.programming : NURBS : Re: NURBS Server Time
28 Jul 2024 20:30:33 EDT (-0400)
  Re: NURBS  
From: Ken
Date: 14 Jun 1999 11:58:30
Message: <376523E0.B224DA9C@pacbell.net>
Mike wrote:
> 
> A long time ago someone mentioned that they had written a preliminary
> patch for NURBS.  I think it was Nathan but the messages I have don't
> seem to go back far enough.
> 
> Anyway, the person offered to share it with anyone interested.  If I can
> find the time, I plan on writing a patch to do direct rendering of
> bicubic patches, and it seems it should be possible to include NURBS.  I
> could use any help I could get, so it would be great if whoever has that
> code could forward it to me.  :)
> 
> I hear that the direct approach causes rendering artifacts, but I'd like
> to try it just the same.
> 
> -Mike

  See todays post in c.g.r.r. Subject: RenderMan compatible "front end"
from a gentlman looking to incorporate nurbs possibly into Pov ? He
states he has some working code and is looking for help with his project.
Perhaps the two of you can work out a colaborative effort of sorts.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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