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From: Hugo
Subject: My Computer-Button (re: quantum computer)
Date: 16 Dec 2000 12:22:12
Message: <3A3BA493.29893696@post3.tele.dk>
Hi all,

At least Simon De Vet and Tor Olav Christensen will remember the quantum
computer buttons. Simon modelled his button in Rhino and "provoked" by
calling it incredibly simple, arrgh! And Tor Olav made his ISO-key, with
just a few lines of code, but it takes relative long time to render.

Here's my CSG key! eheh heh.. Took me over 10 hours to hand code, and
resulted in one sleepless night and headache.. Well, I'm sure Gilles and
H.E. Day will either laugh at me or feel pitty. But it's not so simple
at all..!!

These ones render quick though, and consists only of primitives and some
triangle routines.

Hugo


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From: Dave Blandston
Subject: Re: My Computer-Button (re: quantum computer)
Date: 16 Dec 2000 14:30:35
Message: <3a3bc2db@news.povray.org>
"Hugo" <hua### [at] post3teledk> wrote in message
news:3A3BA493.29893696@post3.tele.dk...
> Here's my CSG key! eheh heh.. Took me over 10 hours to hand code, and
> resulted in one sleepless night and headache.. Well, I'm sure Gilles and
> H.E. Day will either laugh at me or feel pitty. But it's not so simple
> at all..!!

Nothing is ever simple with POV! That's why we love it, right???


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From: Peter Hertel
Subject: SV: My Computer-Button (re: quantum computer)
Date: 16 Dec 2000 18:03:26
Message: <3a3bf4be@news.povray.org>
> > Here's my CSG key! eheh heh.. Took me over 10 hours to hand code, and
> > resulted in one sleepless night and headache.. Well, I'm sure Gilles and
> > H.E. Day will either laugh at me or feel pitty. But it's not so simple
> > at all..!!
>
> Nothing is ever simple with POV! That's why we love it, right???
>
Right!


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From: Steve
Subject: Re: My Computer-Button (re: quantum computer)
Date: 16 Dec 2000 19:08:23
Message: <slrn93ntsp.u27.steve@zero-pps.localdomain>
On Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:21:23 +0100, Hugo wrote:
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>Hi all,
>
>At least Simon De Vet and Tor Olav Christensen will remember the quantum
>computer buttons. Simon modelled his button in Rhino and "provoked" by
>calling it incredibly simple, arrgh! And Tor Olav made his ISO-key, with
>just a few lines of code, but it takes relative long time to render.

I think they look good, now how about some letters/arrows or something. 

Try using project through for the letters. 

Nice work. 

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From: Tor Olav Kristensen
Subject: Re: My Computer-Button (re: quantum computer)
Date: 16 Dec 2000 19:45:08
Message: <3A3C0BC8.E47B62F1@online.no>
Hugo wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> At least Simon De Vet and Tor Olav Christensen will remember the quantum
> computer buttons. Simon modelled his button in Rhino and "provoked" by
> calling it incredibly simple, arrgh! And Tor Olav made his ISO-key, with
> just a few lines of code, but it takes relative long time to render.
> 
> Here's my CSG key! eheh heh.. Took me over 10 hours to hand code, and
> resulted in one sleepless night and headache.. Well, I'm sure Gilles and
> H.E. Day will either laugh at me or feel pitty. But it's not so simple
> at all..!!
> 
> These ones render quick though, and consists only of primitives and some
> triangle routines.

I think that there isn't enough CSG-primitives 
in standard POV to model a "perfect" CSG-key.

But these are not bad !

Where on the key did you use the triangles ?
Around the upper corners ?


I guess that you got some geometry exercise
when doing this modelling. :)


Tor Olav
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From: David Fontaine
Subject: Re: My Computer-Button (re: quantum computer)
Date: 16 Dec 2000 23:37:02
Message: <3A3C421A.5E3CFF9@faricy.net>
Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:

> I think that there isn't enough CSG-primitives
> in standard POV to model a "perfect" CSG-key.

You could probably do it with only one; poly{}... ;)

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From: Hugo
Subject: Re: My Computer-Button (re: quantum computer)
Date: 17 Dec 2000 14:38:58
Message: <3A3D1623.73716962@post3.tele.dk>
Hi,
And thanks for everybody's comments!


>> You could probably do it with only one; poly{}... ;)
Whaaat?? No, I don't think it would be easier, or just as good.


>> I think that there isn't enough CSG-primitives
>> in standard POV to model a "perfect" CSG-key.
Possibly true. Well, my keys are also not 100% perfect. But I spend lots
of time to vipe out most visible errors ( + keeping code's flexibility).


>> Where on the key did you use the triangles ?
Everywhere I would otherwise use boxes. Triangles were better in this
case. It does prevent the key from ever being transparant, however.


>> Nothing is ever simple with POV! That's why we love it, right???
Well, without a challange, I wouldn't bother.. But I do prefer a
*reasonable* amount of work. It's difficult to make a defination of what
is an adequate effort, but I think these keys demanded a little more
than reasonable. Because other people wouldn't expect it to be so hard.


>> I think they look good. Nice work.
Thanks! YES they look good.  ;o)  And they have very correct form and
size. Sooner or later I will continue on them.

Hugo


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