POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : snowflakes macro v1 [23.2kb] : Re: snowflakes macro v1 [23.2kb] Server Time
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  Re: snowflakes macro v1 [23.2kb]  
From: Tom Melly
Date: 10 Dec 2001 04:44:22
Message: <3c1483f6$1@news.povray.org>
"Steve" <ste### [at] zeroppsuklinuxnet> wrote in message
news:slr### [at] zero-ppslocaldomain...
>
> Flakes are simetrical so just make half a flake, then put two halves
> together.  That way you may get better results quicker, these look
> nothing like the enlarged photos of snow flakes that I remember seeing
> on Play School, but you seem to be going in the right direction.
>

Well, the parse time is fairly minimal. Not realistic, it's true - Lu just
wanted some snowflakes for the xmas card background. Still, in consequece, I've
taken a closer look at snowflakes and am wondering how to write a macro to
generate more complex, realistic flakes. Anyone got any basic advice?


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