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26 Sep 2024 17:45:04 EDT (-0400)
  Re: A Question about water  
From: Margus Ramst
Date: 5 Dec 2000 19:31:25
Message: <3A2D8958.70C3A3ED@peak.edu.ee>
Randolph Robnett wrote:
> 
> Any ideas about making water look as though it is funneling or spiralling as
> in a whirlpool. The trick is that it needs to be 3-dimensional and not just
> look 3D. Any suggestons would be appreciated.

You could probably do it  with isosurfaces in MegaPOV, using some sort of spiral
pattern as the function.
Another possibility is to do it with a heightfield, again a spiral pattern is
should be able to do the job.

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Margus Ramst

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