Ben Birdsey wrote:

>         Have you thought about constructing a GREEBLE(sp?) macro for POV.  3d
> Studio has now and it would ease the modeling of tiny details in
> cities/machines/whatever.  Maybe it might work like a cross between your
> macro, the cityscape macro, and the pipes macro.
>
>         If you don't know what greeble is, it's the leftover junk that model
> shops like ILM add to their models to detail them and add a level of
> realism and scale.  The macro would really ease constructing a planet,
> because you could give it a few parameters and simple models and BAM the
> terrain is covered with cities, farms, ports, etc.  And the level of
> detail can be reduced the farther the camera is away from the object.
>
> Anyway, whaddya think?

Man, I'de love a greeble macro.  Instant hull plating for space ships,
instant death star, etc.  Been tring on and off for years to write one
and was never able to get good results.

BTW, thanks for explaining where the term "greeble" came from.
I'de read it in the "Star Wars Sketchbook" (back when there was
only one Star Wars movie) and never knew where it came from.

Pete

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