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31 Jul 2024 00:23:46 EDT (-0400)
  Re: circle_place.exe  
From: Jim Charter
Date: 25 Aug 2010 18:39:06
Message: <4c759b8a$1@news.povray.org>
Samuel Benge wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have finally finished my program for generating point sets of non-overlapping
> circles. You can find it here:
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.utilities/thread/%3Cweb.4c7453bd99210acbf151112e0%40news.povray.org%3E/
> 
> For this example I used an input image to govern the circle sizes. The sizes
> were then used to access an array of different "plant" objects. I found a way of
> doing this automatically, and have provided the source code for it.
> 
> As you can see, there's some potential for making natural-looking
> landscapes with this, where the distribution of vegetation can be controlled to
> a fine degree. The objects I used here were simplistic, and I could have
> randomized a few things, but it's an example image :)
> 
> Sam
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
I see my dreams of a dynamically scaled textures such as snake skin 
leather grain coming true before my eyes.


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