POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.advanced-users : Springs : Re: Springs Server Time
28 Jul 2024 22:19:49 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Springs  
From: Anton Sherwood
Date: 11 Nov 2003 02:50:30
Message: <3fb094c6@news.povray.org>
Tim Nikias v2.0 wrote:
 > In effect, what I want to do is create a macro which will enable me
 > to place a droplet of water onto any surface with proper surface
 > tension to avoid that typical "half-sphere on an object" look.

Surface Evolver can generate such shapes.  (See 
http://www.susqu.edu/brakke/evolver/examples/examples.htm - search the 
page for "mound".)

You could run Evolver for various settings (what would be inputs to your 
macro) and extrapolate a model from the results.

-- 
Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/


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