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I just printed it so that my kids could solve it - is there a solution?
Mike
"Robert Chaffe" <a0003738@airmail.net> wrote in message
news:38b88e23@news.povray.org...
> A little while ago there was a discussion of a maze pattern.
> Well, the attached is a single CSG object, not a pattern, but it was
> my first experiment with macros.
> Worked out pretty well, but the parsing time is a tad high.
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> Resolution 512 x 384
> Time For Parse: 0 hours 22 minutes 57.0 seconds (1377 seconds)
> Time For Trace: 0 hours 9 minutes 54.0 seconds (594 seconds)
> Total Time: 0 hours 32 minutes 51.0 seconds (1971 seconds)
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> Official POV-Ray, on a Pentium III, 550 MHz, 128 Meg RAM
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> Note that there is exactly one true path through the maze.
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> The macro takes parameters for number of rows and columns, and
> a seed value for the random number generation.
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> Still need to work on:
> - Splitting generation of data and creation of object, using a file to
> store the data (to reduce parsing time between rendering attempts).
> - Options for wall thickness and height, and for path width.
> - Expanding my algorithm for a hexagonal shape (no promises!).
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> Any interest?
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