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  Re: palms (as in trees) [~40K Jpg]  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 7 Feb 2002 15:51:06
Message: <3C62E8B8.1A5A85F4@gmx.de>
bob h wrote:
> 
> As asked about in povray.advanced by Wanderer On The Road, as to how palm
> trees might be made, I did a quick attempt of them with very little CSG.
> clipped_by sphere sections randomized along a spline() (from v3.5 beta),
> also sphere_sweep for the trunks and isosurface for the island.
> 
> I've done much less lately with POV and lesser still posting or replying
> around here.  So here it is, someone elses idea but my method  :-)  Hope you
> like, hard to beat those of you doing such great stuff out there.
> 

Nice, just the palm wings are a bit too geometric, i think they should be
more curved and the angle of the 'leafs' should change from lower to upper
end.

Christoph

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