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an idea to render it. To begin with an exterior scene.
Thanks to Lars R who reminded me about super-ellipsoids.
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Stephen
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On 12-01-16 03:00 PM, Stephen wrote:
> an idea to render it. To begin with an exterior scene.
> Thanks to Lars R who reminded me about super-ellipsoids.
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That looks like a good start. However, the ring is described as
toroidal in the first book.
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On 17/01/2012 12:22 PM, Tail Kinker wrote:
> On 12-01-16 03:00 PM, Stephen wrote:
>> an idea to render it. To begin with an exterior scene.
>> Thanks to Lars R who reminded me about super-ellipsoids.
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> That looks like a good start. However, the ring is described as toroidal
> in the first book.
Yes thanks, then later as like a cartwheel. Varley was not very
consistent, the width was either 25 Km or 250. Also it is almost
invisible from the outside. Which makes it hard to render. ;-)
I actually spent more time on Saturn's rings.
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On 17-1-2012 13:37, Stephen wrote:
> On 17/01/2012 12:22 PM, Tail Kinker wrote:
>> On 12-01-16 03:00 PM, Stephen wrote:
>>> an idea to render it. To begin with an exterior scene.
>>> Thanks to Lars R who reminded me about super-ellipsoids.
>>>
>> That looks like a good start. However, the ring is described as toroidal
>> in the first book.
>
> Yes thanks, then later as like a cartwheel. Varley was not very
> consistent, the width was either 25 Km or 250. Also it is almost
> invisible from the outside. Which makes it hard to render. ;-)
> I actually spent more time on Saturn's rings.
>
Looking good actually. Can a cartwheel have a toroidal body though? Like
a tyre? ;)
The width is probably closer to 250 km than 25, as the diameter is some
1300 km... also to accommodate the landscape.
Have you seen this site? http://ammonra.org/gaea/
Thomas
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On 17/01/2012 3:38 PM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> Looking good actually. Can a cartwheel have a toroidal body though? Like
> a tyre? ;)
> The width is probably closer to 250 km than 25, as the diameter is some
> 1300 km... also to accommodate the landscape.
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250 km is what I used.
> Have you seen this site? http://ammonra.org/gaea/
No. I did look but did not find. Thanks for the site.
I see that I will need to change the fins too.
The interior should be more challenging.
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Stephen
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