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From: Francois Labreque
Date: 8 Aug 2003 18:21:43
Message: <3f342277$1@news.povray.org>
Program ended abnormally on 2003-08-08 17:38, Due to a catastrophic Nico
error:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I just finished writing a macro to tile boxes on a sphere and here is 
> one image that came out of it (it's pretty unifinished though).
> Makes me think of a small planet with far too many buildings.

Humm...  Travelling North-south would aslo be a pain in the back as you'd 
constantly have to turn on East-West streets.

> 
> The second image is to show what the macro can really do if anyone 
> interested.
> 

Cool.  Post it to P.B.T-F.  I'm sure someone will find it useful.

I was actually thinking of doing a macro like that the other day, but laziness 
and other things got in the way.

-- 
/*Francois Labreque*/#local a=x+y;#local b=x+a;#local c=a+b;#macro P(F//
/*    flabreque    */L)polygon{5,F,F+z,L+z,L,F pigment{rgb 9}}#end union
/*        @        */{P(0,a)P(a,b)P(b,c)P(2*a,2*b)P(2*b,b+c)P(b+c,<2,3>)
/*   videotron.ca  */}camera{orthographic location<6,1.25,-6>look_at a }


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