POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Re: Best way for 2D to 3D : Best way for 2D to 3D Server Time
29 Jul 2024 12:22:41 EDT (-0400)
  Best way for 2D to 3D  
From: Patrick Hagerty
Date: 2 Jun 2002 16:33:51
Message: <3CFA8227.55BFE24E@hagware.com>
Hi!

I have a 2d image I've made up and I want to play with it in the 3D
environment of POVRAY.

What I've done is use a height_field on a png file of the image in a
solid color.  This gives me a very blocky shape of the image.  I then
use 'intersection' with either a sphere or cylinder to give it rounded
edges and use 'scale' to flatten it out slightly in the 'Z' dimension.

This has proved a generally workable solution, but is it the best way to
go?

Your comments are greatly appreciated.

- Patrick


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