On 10/28/2016 2:54 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 27.10.2016 um 20:51 schrieb Mike Horvath:
>
>> Also, maybe POV-Ray should support point clouds.
>
> You can always read point cloud data at parse time and convert it to a
> bunch of spheres (or a set of blob elements if you're low on memory).
>
> If you want something more complicated, then you'd first have to clarify
> what that something is; only then will it be possible to even discuss
> how that could be achieved, let alone whether it would be reasonable to
> hard-code into POV-Ray.
>

Isn't df3's created by tda2df3 part of the way there?
tda2df3.exe encodes the location and colour component, of each point.
With a bit of work with "DF3 Viewer Oosawa". The colour channels can be 
separated and used by PovRay.


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Regards
     Stephen

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