ian wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am looking for an isosurface function to make a box with ripples like one
> would find on a large pool of water. The ripples need to be not of the type
> one would find after throwing a rock in, but like those found on a still
> wind blown lake.
> 
> I wish for this to be subtracted from my pool of water, as I dislike normals
> when true displacement is available.
> 
> I attempt this pedantic level of reality as all others have been covered
> within current ability; Media falloff in the water with conservation of
> energy, photons and radiosity, etc..
> 
> ian

You could try any pigment function with a pattern like you would use for a
normal statement.  Furthermore you could try a Ridged Multifractal function
which can give very realistic water.  

Check out the entries in the last IRTC, there are a lot using isosurfaces for
realistic water.  

Christoph

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