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18 Aug 2024 22:23:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Candle holder in the night (92 kbbu)  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 31 Mar 2001 01:54:00
Message: <3AC57F0A.7430554E@gmx.de>

> 
> >
> > -the material of the candles looks a bit like plastic, especially on the
> > lowest one, that is also darkest. Too clean, too sharp. Have you tried
> > blobs? I think making the candle main cylinder of blob and then
> > subtracting the concave middle with small sphere could work. Or then the
> > all-famous ISO surfaces...
> 
> oh Lord, ISO sosurface.. not familiar with that so far ;-)
> 

In this case a simple good old lathe object would be perfectly
sufficient.  It's much easier to handle than an isosurface.

BTW, you should say isosurface instead of ISO surface, because this has
nothing to do with the International Organization for Standardization.

Christoph

-- 
Christoph Hormann <chr### [at] gmxde>
IsoWood include, radiosity tutorial, TransSkin and other 
things on: http://www.schunter.etc.tu-bs.de/~chris/


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