"Dave Vogt" <spa### [at] frozenbraincom> wrote in message
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Hi there,

  Hi Dave

...Well, they
had a link to a site[2] where you can download a tool to play around
with, and even export a mesh to pov!

  How are you opening this tool?


I couldn't resist and now I think
I would like to share this with you.. even if only the rendering is
done in pov.

   ?????????????!!!   ;)

Ah yes, I was so stupid to not store the parameters to the formula for
this object, sorry ;)

  Ah, you'll find them again, or at least get close.

   ~Steve~


Greets,

Dave V.

[1] http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/45863
[2] http://www.genicap.com/
[3] http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/povray/supershape/

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St. wrote:

>   How are you opening this tool?

Unzip, run the .exe file ;)
Be sure to get the 3d Shape explorer, not the illustrator plugin.

> 
> 
> I couldn't resist and now I think
> I would like to share this with you.. even if only the rendering is
> done in pov.
> 
>    ?????????????!!!   ;)

the tool supports exporting to povray.


>   Ah, you'll find them again, or at least get close.

We will see..


see you

Dave

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"Dave Vogt" <spa### [at] frozenbraincom> wrote in message
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> Hi there,

> Last week, the heise newsticker had an article[1] about the
> superformula. It is told that using this formula, you can describe
> (almost) every thinkable shape with only a few parameters. Well, they
> had a link to a site[2] where you can download a tool to play around
> with, and even export a mesh to pov! I couldn't resist and now I think
> I would like to share this with you.. even if only the rendering is
> done in pov.
> There was also someone who implemented the formula in pov[3],
> dynamically generating a mesh. I didn't try that yet.


Oy, yet another object I wouldn't want to be hit in the head with.
Very nice!

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Thanks for the tip. Do you have to register to get the export to POV
feature? Otherwise, how to?
thanks,
d.

"Dave Vogt" <spa### [at] frozenbraincom> wrote in message
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Hi there,

Last week, the heise newsticker had an article[1] about the
superformula. It is told that using this formula, you can describe
(almost) every thinkable shape with only a few parameters. Well, they
had a link to a site[2] where you can download a tool to play around
with, and even export a mesh to pov! I couldn't resist and now I think
I would like to share this with you.. even if only the rendering is
done in pov.
There was also someone who implemented the formula in pov[3],
dynamically generating a mesh. I didn't try that yet.

Ah yes, I was so stupid to not store the parameters to the formula for
this object, sorry ;)


Greets,

Dave V.

[1] http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/45863
[2] http://www.genicap.com/
[3] http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/povray/supershape/

-- 
Dave "tPassive" Vogt| ruby -e "n=ts.to_i;a=..n).to_a;a.each{
Linux  user  #225040| |x|puts x;(x*2).step(n,x){|j|a.delete j}}"
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Dennis Miller schrieb:
> Thanks for the tip. Do you have to register to get the export to POV
> feature? Otherwise, how to?
> thanks,

Right click on the displayed shape anf there you go.


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> Thanks for the tip. Do you have to register to get the export to POV
> feature? Otherwise, how to?

Yes, although the POVRay scripts work as well but it takes longer
to experiment to find the shape you want.
   http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/surfaces/supershape3d

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> [3] http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/povray/supershape/
> This looks like a fun tool.
> export of attached shape to pov mesh turned out to be 3228 kB

The version you see there is the MSWindows one, if you want Mac OS-X
or Linux version see my www site.
   http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/surfaces/supershape3d/

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"Dave Vogt" <spa### [at] frozenbraincom> wrote in message
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> St. wrote:
>
> >   How are you opening this tool?
>
> Unzip, run the .exe file ;)
> Be sure to get the 3d Shape explorer, not the illustrator plugin.

   Ah, thanks. That's exactly what I didn't do. ;)

      ~Steve~


> Dave

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These supershapes are neat to look at, but do they have a practical purpose?

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> These supershapes are neat to look at, but do they have a practical purpose?

Did you go to the Genicap www site. Johan Geilis is proposing them as a
useful 2D and 3D modelling primitive. He is also suggesting them as a
cnvenient way of modelling/describing biolodgical forms. Personally I'm
not so enthusiatic but they potentially have a place in ones toolkit.

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