POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.binaries.images : Playing with the Poly-Object : Re: Playing with the Poly-Object Server Time
15 Aug 2024 06:09:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Playing with the Poly-Object  
From: Thies Heidecke
Date: 24 Jul 2002 07:20:39
Message: <3d3e8d87@news.povray.org>
Hi,

"Leroy Whetstone" <lrw### [at] joplincom>
wrote in news:3D3E4E77.E55DBAB7@joplin.com...

> Is it a stand alone or POV program?
It's a stand-alone program because of Speed
and it would have been rather hard for me
to implement it in POV-SDL.

> About how long does it take?
That depends on how complex the object is
that you specify and the Order of the
Poly/Function. If you just want to have an
ellipsoid that goes smoothly through e.g.
6 Points and there is a possible solution
it would probably take about a minute.
But if you want a complex edgy 10th order
object you can easily wait a few days i
think :)
it really depends. The easier the shape
the shorter the calculation-time.

> Got a copy?
Sure, i will be happy to share it. The only
problem is that i haven't implemented a
input-file parser to specify the parameters.
Currently i hardcode the Points into the
Program and recompile it. But i'll try to
implement a parser in the next days.

So at the moment i can just offer the source-
code for you.

Greetings,
Thies


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