> There is a paper here, called "Virtual Climbing Plants Competing for
> Space" that might interest you :
> http://paginas.ccm.itesm.mx/~beda/
>
> Now, I don't know whether the technique will be easy to translate in
> POV... At least, the figures look good ;-)

Yup, the figures look good. I'll have a closer look at it tomorrow, perhaps
there are some approaches and ideas in there which I can make use of. On a
quick glance I've read something about data-structures and such, depending
on the implementation, that could get a little complicated for POV-Ray (as
it doesn't allow dynamic references and links as such). (TO THE GEEKS: I
know, there are ways around that, but lets not get too fussy. ;-)

But at least something to read with some technical background, much more
helpful than just a description like "based upon various rules, the plant
grows". Duh! :-P

Thank you very much!

Regards,
Tim

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> Thank you very much!

And I want to add another thank you! I've read it at the university today
and it provided some very useful insights into vine/ivy-simulation using
particle systems, and I think it could even be used for a variety of other
plants as well, once some new factors are introduced into various equations.
It covers leaf-placement and generation along the process as well, which I
thought I'd have to generate in a later step based on the vines (at least
with the approach I had in mind). So, even though I'll probably end up with
a technique of my own, this paper sure had some useful hints to add. :-)

Regards,
Tim

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aka "Tim Nikias v2.0"
Homepage: <http://www.nolights.de>

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Tim Nikias wrote:
>>Thank you very much!
> 
> 
> And I want to add another thank you! I've read it at the university today
> and it provided some very useful insights into vine/ivy-simulation using
> particle systems, and I think it could even be used for a variety of other
> plants as well, once some new factors are introduced into various equations.
> It covers leaf-placement and generation along the process as well, which I
> thought I'd have to generate in a later step based on the vines (at least
> with the approach I had in mind). So, even though I'll probably end up with
> a technique of my own, this paper sure had some useful hints to add. :-)
> 
> Regards,
> Tim
> 

Hey, glad it helps :-)

-- 
Vincent

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"Tim Nikias" <JUSTTHELOWERCASE:timISNOTnikias(at)gmx.netWARE> schreef in
bericht news:436f6b20@news.povray.org...
So, even though I'll probably end up with
> a technique of my own, this paper sure had some useful hints to add. :-)
>

Looking forward to what you are going to produce!!! Seems very promising.

Thomas

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