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From: Alex Kluchikov
Subject: "meta-superellipsoid" isosurface (59k)
Date: 26 Aug 2003 17:46:28
Message: <1103_1061937956@news.povray.org>
Usually I used my own blob  (AKA metaball) function:
    field=sum(d/(pow(x-a,2)+pow(y-b,2)+pow(z-c,2)+0.001))
 a,b,c are center coordinates and d is strength. And while playing with this formula I
discovered  funny thing: if we use power other than 2, for example, 4 or even 8, we
get blobs, shaped as 
rounded cubes, looking very similar to superellipsoids. I know, superellipsoids have a
little bit more complex formula, but this one's divider
(pow(x-a,2)+pow(y-b,2)+pow(z-c,2)) represents 
a particular case, when e=n=1 (look in POV documentation, superellipsoid article). 
 Image attached.
  If anybody interested in scene source, I can post it into p.b.s.-f.

 Sincerely Yours, Alex Kluchikov.


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From: Micha Riser
Subject: Re: "meta-superellipsoid" isosurface (59k)
Date: 26 Aug 2003 18:08:01
Message: <3f4bda40@news.povray.org>
I like it :D

Please post the source :)

- Micha

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From: Kedar Patil
Subject: Re: "meta-superellipsoid" isosurface (59k)
Date: 27 Aug 2003 01:34:07
Message: <20030827110259.0000228d.kedarCIRCLED_Apatilkedar.com@PCKPATIL>
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 22:45:56 GMT, Alex Kluchikov <akl### [at] mailru>
typed the following:

>   If anybody interested in scene source, I can post it into
>   p.b.s.-f.

I would like the source please.  Not just for the shape but also
for the colors you used!

-Kedar


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From: Alex Kluchikov
Subject: Re: "meta-superellipsoid" isosurface (59k)
Date: 27 Aug 2003 13:20:01
Message: <web.3f4ce6ed3f9e36ce5962c78d0@news.povray.org>
Ok. Look in p.b.s.-f.
Sincerely Yours, Alex Kluchikov.


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