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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: More again from the mesh relief macros
Date: 11 Jun 2008 07:31:40
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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
news:web.484fad347b589d73731f01d10@news.povray.org...
>
> It is not surprising that you're having trouble; there are too many gaps 
> in the
> base object. Look at the cross-section in the image below!

Of course! You warned exactly against this, and I never thought to check the 
internal aspect of the object! Thank you, Bill, I totally overlooked this 
:-)
A clear case not only of RTFM, but also of : Apply TFM!

>
> You need to close these gaps, especially the thin gap across the centre 
> and the
> concave underside. Unless the square peg-hole has some special purpose I'd 
> plug
> this too. And don't forget to make sure it's a merge, not a union, or the
> internal surfaces get hit first!
>
> A default flattened sphere as inner object should work OK once you've 
> filled the
> gaps.
>

Yes, I am going to do that...

Thomas


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From: Thomas de Groot
Subject: Re: More again from the mesh relief macros
Date: 11 Jun 2008 10:35:49
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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> schreef in bericht 
news:web.484fad347b589d73731f01d10@news.povray.org...
>
> It is not surprising that you're having trouble; there are too many gaps 
> in the
> base object.

I closed the gaps, and this is the result (with rounded cylinder as inner 
shape). The square hole (used for transport of stone blocks and/or anchoring 
of column segments) does not really interfere, so I left it in place.

Thomas


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From: Bill Pragnell
Subject: Re: More again from the mesh relief macros
Date: 11 Jun 2008 11:10:01
Message: <web.484fe9dc7b589d73731f01d10@news.povray.org>
"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:
> I closed the gaps, and this is the result (with rounded cylinder as inner
> shape). The square hole (used for transport of stone blocks and/or anchoring
> of column segments) does not really interfere, so I left it in place.

Much better :-)


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From: Kenneth
Subject: Re: More again from the mesh relief macros
Date: 11 Jun 2008 17:05:00
Message: <web.48503d787b589d7378dcad930@news.povray.org>
"Thomas de Groot" <t.d### [at] internlDOTnet> wrote:
> I have also put my teeth into Bill Pragnell's Mesh Approximator macros,
> revisiting the ruined place I had been working on earlier.
>

I'm just now becoming aware of Bill's macro(s).  (Where have I been??) What an
extremely useful tool.  Nice work, Thomas! Can't wait to see more.

Ken W.


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