"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote in message 
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> I'm currently working on a couple of bug fixes, some small enhancements 
> and
> a few more examples for my Blockwall macro.
> Here's one of the new examples. I've tried to give it a bit of atmosphere 
> by
> doing a simple night scene.
>

Here's another example I've generated using the macros.

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Chris B wrote:
> Here's another example I've generated using the macros.

Wow, that's a lot of blocks!

Render time?

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"Nicolas Alvarez" <nic### [at] gmailcom> wrote in message 
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> Chris B wrote:
>> Here's another example I've generated using the macros.
>
> Wow, that's a lot of blocks!
>
> Render time?

5 min 30 seconds on a 2 Quad 2.4GHz at 800x600 0.3 AA
(Mostly parsing time)

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"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote in message 
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> Here's another example I've generated using the macros.
>

   Nice! I made a bridge similar to yours but with meshes. How long did this 
take to render?


       ~Steve~

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Oops, missed your reply to Nicolas.

  5 minutes, that's fast.

   ~Steve~

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Cool.

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"St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:495968a9@news.povray.org...
>  I made a bridge similar to yours but with meshes.
>
>  5 minutes, that's fast.
>

How long did your mesh version take to render?
Of course mine doesn't use any complex lighting and I am on quite a quick 
machine.

Most of the test renders are very quick because I can simply specify a 
larger block size. Doubling the block size quarters the number of blocks and 
still looks reasonable. I've now altered the model to enable the approach 
roads to be curved. In this image I've also added a light under the middle 
arch to help show off the blockwork.

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"Thomas de Groot" <tDOTdegroot@interDOTnlANOTHERDOTnet> wrote in message 
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>
> "Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> schreef in bericht
>> Note that these perfectly circular walls are a
>> feature of V1.1 which I'm planning to put out in a few days time.
>
> Yes that is an important feature indeed.

I've posted V1.1 of the Blockwall macros with documentation and an 
explanation of how to make bridges, wells, castle battlements etc here:
http://lib.povray.org/collection/blockwall/chrisb%201.1/blockwall.html

V1.1 includes the Blockwall_Arc macro to do completely circular or partially 
circular walls. The first parameter is the number of degrees of arc that the 
wall should transcribe. If you specify 360 degrees it interleaves the ends 
so you can't see the seam.

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"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote in message 
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> "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote in message news:495968a9@news.povray.org...
>>  5 minutes, that's fast.
>
> Most of the test renders are very quick because I can simply specify a
> larger block size.

Here's an example I put in the documentation using a distant camera at 
640x480 with quite a large block size that took just 4 seconds to parse and 
render.

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These are brilliant.

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