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From: Margus Ramst
Subject: Another recursion macro test
Date: 28 Apr 1999 18:11:42
Message: <3727798e.0@news.povray.org>
Testing a fractal macro I'm making. Because of some quirk I've still to
nail, it has trouble with 3D macros. So this one is 2D.
I went a bit overboard with this image, used a recursion level of 10 -
1,062,864 objects. I really should have used 11 fur sub-pixel precision, but
enough is enough. The memory hit wasn't all that bad, ~170 megs. If only I
had 256 megs RAM...

Time For Parse:    1 hours 40 minutes  43.0 seconds (6043 seconds)
Time For Trace:    0 hours 12 minutes  58.0 seconds (778 seconds)
       Total Time:    1 hours 53 minutes  41.0 seconds (6821 seconds)

Next I think I'll do an anim of this fractal curling itself from a straight,
triangular shape to the current shape and beyond. Might look interesting.

Margus


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From: Mike Metheny
Subject: Re: Another recursion macro test
Date: 28 Apr 1999 20:42:36
Message: <37279cec.0@news.povray.org>
Very nice.  How much RAM do you have?  I would be interested in the source.
. .I'll go ahead and post my source for the 2 fractals I did; someone asked
for it; tho they will be in while loop form and not macros.  I'll clean it
up a wee bit and add some comments I suppose, for any who are interested.


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From: bankspad
Subject: Re: Another recursion macro test
Date: 28 Apr 1999 20:47:02
Message: <372799D6.B0E734D3@pacbell.net>
Very interested -- thak you for posting.   ;-]

KB-

Mike Metheny wrote:

> Very nice.  How much RAM do you have?  I would be interested in the source.
> . .I'll go ahead and post my source for the 2 fractals I did; someone asked
> for it; tho they will be in while loop form and not macros.  I'll clean it
> up a wee bit and add some comments I suppose, for any who are interested.
>
> --
>
> Mike Metheny
> lon### [at] vtedu
> mik### [at] loneshepherdcom
> http://www.loneshepherd.com/
>
> "When one's words are no better than silence, one should keep silent."


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From: Spider
Subject: Re: Another recursion macro test
Date: 28 Apr 1999 20:56:23
Message: <37279EEA.66A224BB@bahnhof.se>
Mike Metheny wrote:
> 
> Very nice.  How much RAM do you have?  I would be interested in the source.
> . .I'll go ahead and post my source for the 2 fractals I did; someone asked
> for it; tho they will be in while loop form and not macros.  I'll clean it
> up a wee bit and add some comments I suppose, for any who are interested.
> 
yes please :-)

I can remake them to macros and so on, once I get my hands on them..

I'm trying to get koochs curve now, but the last time I did it was with
a linked list, and now it's using arrays, so it's not that easy...

//Spider
--Whee, Netscape works if I don't have root as owner of the
mail-files...


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From: Mike Metheny
Subject: Re: Another recursion macro test
Date: 28 Apr 1999 21:14:26
Message: <3727a462.0@news.povray.org>
<<Very interested -- thak you for posting.

No problem.  It's now in povray.binaries.scene-files.  One POV file for both
fractals.


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From: Rick (Kitty5)
Subject: Re: Another recursion macro test
Date: 28 Apr 1999 22:07:26
Message: <3727b0ce.0@news.povray.org>
> Next I think I'll do an anim of this fractal curling itself from a
straight,
> triangular shape to the current shape and beyond. Might look interesting.

Yes, oh yes, that would look so cool!

just like this really, very nice.

btw Margus in a previous post i did mean alown!

Rick


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From: Ken
Subject: Re: Another recursion macro test
Date: 28 Apr 1999 22:23:21
Message: <3727B2F9.742D5DE8@pacbell.net>
Margus Ramst wrote:
> 
> Testing a fractal macro I'm making. Because of some quirk I've still to
> nail, it has trouble with 3D macros. So this one is 2D.
> I went a bit overboard with this image, used a recursion level of 10 -
> 1,062,864 objects. I really should have used 11 fur sub-pixel precision, but
> enough is enough. The memory hit wasn't all that bad, ~170 megs. If only I
> had 256 megs RAM...
> 
> Time For Parse:    1 hours 40 minutes  43.0 seconds (6043 seconds)
> Time For Trace:    0 hours 12 minutes  58.0 seconds (778 seconds)
>        Total Time:    1 hours 53 minutes  41.0 seconds (6821 seconds)
> 
> Next I think I'll do an anim of this fractal curling itself from a straight,
> triangular shape to the current shape and beyond. Might look interesting.
> 
> Margus

  If colored a bit different it would resemble the brachia inside a
lung. I love this stuff.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net


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From: Margus Ramst
Subject: Re: Another recursion macro test
Date: 29 Apr 1999 05:04:55
Message: <372812A3.D87D68D7@peak.edu.ee>
Mike Metheny wrote:
> 
> Very nice.  How much RAM do you have?

128 megs. I probably could have even kept this scene from swapping, had I
used less detailed objects at higher iterations, and bounded the instances
manually. I have a 11-level fractal rendering, BTW. Possibly the highest
object count I've ever had (except in triangle meshes) - 3,188,628. Same
base object, but different curvature (60 degrees). Looks interesting, a bit
like a honeycomb (just a bit).

> I would be interested in the source.

The macro is not fully functional yet. Like I said, it has trouble with 3D
fractals. To get it even thus far I had to make some changes that seemed
completely irrational to myself. I'd say the damn thing shouldn't work at
all - but my eyes beg to differ. So, to fix the 3D problem, I'll probably
have to make some more obviously wrong changes... I hate it when my logic
dies on me!

Margus


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From: Margus Ramst
Subject: Re: Another recursion macro test
Date: 29 Apr 1999 05:11:45
Message: <37281441.960D70D7@peak.edu.ee>
Ken wrote:
> 
>   If colored a bit different it would resemble the brachia inside a
> lung. I love this stuff.
> 

You love what? Brachia? Well... whatever turns you on, I guess ;c)
What colour are they, anyway? (Just... you know... idle curiosity)

margus


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From: Margus Ramst
Subject: Re: Another recursion macro test
Date: 29 Apr 1999 11:08:37
Message: <372867e5.0@news.povray.org>
I posted an animated version in binaries.animations
Not too bad, if I do say so myself ;)

Margus


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