Christopher James Huff wrote:
>In article <web.3fbbea1e3a0ec7871c94e40c0[at]news.povray.org>,
> "incognito" <nomail[at]nomail> wrote:
>
>> Do you know of any books that will give the basic facts (I have forgotten)
>> on the shapes in shapes.inc
>
>Any shapes in particular? Most of them are pretty simple. I don't think
>you need Round_Box(), Wedge(), or Spheroid() explained.

Yes, I do. To be blunt, I'm not that young and have not had a geometry
course in several years...I have seen there are a couple books that might
address geometry for computer graphics in general, "Geometric Tools for
Computer Graphics" and "Computer Graphics Handbook: Geometry and
Mathematics" but only have the titles/authors and have not seen the books
in person to know what they cover. Unfortunately, the library system in my
area does not carry too many books on the subject for me to check out for
free before purchasing.

Also, have not seen too many books on ray tracers either that are not the
type that teach you how to make your own (except the ones on Maya). I am
not interested in doing that and also have no guarantee of ever working
with Maya.

Thank you.

I don't know
>where supercones or supertorii would be explained...maybe a good
>analytical geometry book?
>
>
>> and possibly shapes in other ray tracers?
>
>Any book that covers raytracing should have the basics. For some of the
>more unusual shapes, you will probably have to look at research papers.
>
>
>> I know there are a couple books out on geometry specifically for comp
>> graphics but they seem to vary greatly in level/content so that's where I
>> am confused.
>
>It's a broad subject...*really* broad. I'm afraid you're going to have
>to be more specific about what you're looking for.
>
>Christopher James Huff <cja### [at] earthlinknet>
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