POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : CGI : Re: CGI Server Time
29 Jul 2024 02:35:25 EDT (-0400)
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From: Stephen
Date: 25 Jun 2012 05:00:19
Message: <4fe828a3$1@news.povray.org>
On 25/06/2012 9:27 AM, Invisible wrote:

>> yeah, now put povray to directly simulate the curved surfaces of a
>> woman's body.
>>
>> You may use parametric surfaces if writing the right isosurface
>> function is
>> proving too much of a challenge.
>
> Drawing such a thing is equally impossible with POV-Ray or with a mesh
> renderer, so it's not a useful comparison. (Although, maybe if I had
> infinite point-cloud dartah... :-P )
>
> Saying that, you might be able to model something acceptable with blobs.
> Or maybe if POV-Ray supported spline surfaces...
>

Ian MacKay has made a credible attempt in his TC-RTC entry Lilli Marlene 
using CSG.
And Poser meshes can fool many people. The shapes are very good now.



-- 
Regards
     Stephen


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