Hello POV-Ray gurus!

I've been looking for an editor which can do blobs.

I know of blob sculptor, but this can't scale a sphere non-uniformly in the
x, y and z directions. Most other editors, which allow blobs, don't show
them in the preview window and, which is much more serious, always define
cylinders by taking a standard cylinder (length 1, radius 1, most of the
time vertical in some way) and scaling and rotating it.

If you do this to a blob cylinder (let's say, scale it's length by 4), it
will not look like a rounded cylinder anymore, but more like an ellipsoid
(the rounded edges are scaled also). A good blob editor should allow the
(blob) cylinders to be defined from beginning to end (like in POV-Ray), have
their own strength, etc. and also allow spheres to be scaled non-uniformly.

Is there a good (but affordable, preferrably freeware) editor like this? I
would write one myself (using Delphi), but I'm afraid my math is not good
enough for this.


this also uses scaling to stretch a predefined cylinder, so the POV-Ray
result is not what you'd expect.

Thanks in advance
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Rudy Velthuis

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Actually I'm writing this type of blob modeller. Don't know when it will be
ready...

-- 
main(i){char*_="BdsyFBThhHFBThhHFRz]NFTITQF|DJIFHQhhF";while(i=
*_++)for(;i>1;printf("%s",i-70?i&1?"[]":" ":(i=0,"\n")),i/=2);} /*- Warp. -*/

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Nieminen Mika schrieb in Nachricht <3697a066.0@news.povray.org>...
>  Actually I'm writing this type of blob modeller. Don't know when it will
be
>ready...
>
>--
>main(i){char*_="BdsyFBThhHFBThhHFRz]NFTITQF|DJIFHQhhF";while(i=
>*_++)for(;i>1;printf("%s",i-70?i&1?"[]":" ":(i=0,"\n")),i/=2);} /*-
Warp. -*/


Please hurry!

Will it be shareware, freeware or "buy"ware?

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Rudy Velthuis

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Rudy Velthuis <rve### [at] gmxnet> wrote:
: Will it be shareware, freeware or "buy"ware?

  It will cost $1500.

  Just kidding. It will be free.

-- 
main(i){char*_="BdsyFBThhHFBThhHFRz]NFTITQF|DJIFHQhhF";while(i=
*_++)for(;i>1;printf("%s",i-70?i&1?"[]":" ":(i=0,"\n")),i/=2);} /*- Warp. -*/

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Rudy Velthuis wrote in message <36979211.0@news.povray.org>...
>Hello POV-Ray gurus!
>
>I've been looking for an editor which can do blobs.
>
>I know of blob sculptor, but this can't scale a sphere non-uniformly in the
>x, y and z directions. Most other editors, which allow blobs, don't show
>them in the preview window and, which is much more serious, always define
>cylinders by taking a standard cylinder (length 1, radius 1, most of the
>time vertical in some way) and scaling and rotating it.
>
>If you do this to a blob cylinder (let's say, scale it's length by 4), it
>will not look like a rounded cylinder anymore, but more like an ellipsoid
>(the rounded edges are scaled also). A good blob editor should allow the
>(blob) cylinders to be defined from beginning to end (like in POV-Ray),
have
>their own strength, etc. and also allow spheres to be scaled non-uniformly.
>
>Is there a good (but affordable, preferrably freeware) editor like this? I
>would write one myself (using Delphi), but I'm afraid my math is not good
>enough for this.
>

>this also uses scaling to stretch a predefined cylinder, so the POV-Ray
>result is not what you'd expect.
>
>Thanks in advance
>--
>Rudy Velthuis
>
If you are interested in a "good blob modeller" please have a look at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Ridge/6532/bmaster.htm. Right now it
is a so-so blob modeller with these features
-it is free
-scaling,rotating,(both in all directions) translating, individual
components.
-wireframe preview in 3d
-camera position and look-at

-radius,strength, position of components
plus much more!
(sorry very limited docs right now)
TO COME ( most of this is already written and tested just waiting to upload)
-3d gourad shaded preview ( already done not in current version yet)
-typable vectors for scale,rotate,radius and strength(ditto)
-shear transformation for components(implementerd as a POV-Ray matrix)
-texture for individual components( only colors for now)

THE above TO COME will be in the next release( 2-3 DAYS AWAY MARCH 9,1999)
TO COME
-undo buffer
-fix mirror function
-complete texture editor
-better,faster phong based preview
MUCH MUCH more please send comments to:
rby### [at] rockiesnet
much more!

and it's free

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Rodney Byman schrieb in Nachricht <36e61b57.0@news.povray.org>...
>
>Rudy Velthuis wrote in message <36979211.0@news.povray.org>...
>>Hello POV-Ray gurus!
>>
>>I've been looking for an editor which can do blobs.
>>

[...]

>If you are interested in a "good blob modeller" please have a look at
>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Ridge/6532/bmaster.htm. Right now it
>is a so-so blob modeller with these features


I have just downloaded it, after I read your other post here. Thanks!

But I just saw that your posting has a date of 01 Nov 1998, but I just saw
it now, 10 Mar 1999 12.00 pm GMT. Is there something wrong with your system
clock or was it the server, or did I just overlook it? Must be your system
clock, as both Ken and Philippe replied today too.
--
Rudy Velthuis

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> 
> But I just saw that your posting has a date of 01 Nov 1998, but I just
saw
> it now, 10 Mar 1999 12.00 pm GMT. Is there something wrong with your
system
> clock or was it the server, or did I just overlook it? Must be your
system
> clock, as both Ken and Philippe replied today too.
> --
> Rudy Velthuis
> 
> 
Correct it is my system clock, the batery I'm pretty sure is dead too lazy 
and busy to get a new one

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Rodney Byman schrieb in Nachricht <01be735b$81875220$0b4734d1@rbyman>...
>
>
>>
>> But I just saw that your posting has a date of 01 Nov 1998, but I just
>saw
>> it now, 10 Mar 1999 12.00 pm GMT. Is there something wrong with your
>system
>> clock or was it the server, or did I just overlook it? Must be your
>system
>> clock, as both Ken and Philippe replied today too.
>> --
>> Rudy Velthuis
>>
>>
>Correct it is my system clock, the batery I'm pretty sure is dead too lazy
>and busy to get a new one


Guess what? I have the same problem, but not with a PC, with a dental chair.
Every morning I'll have to reprogram the different settings (4 different
ones, currently). To fix this, I'd have to open the foot of the chair, take
out some tubes and hozes (or whatever you call them), then some circuit
boards and find the battery, buy a new one, solder it in and reassemble
everything. Too much work. I could ask a technician to do this, but they
would charge big money for it, I'm sure.

--
Rudy

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'T was on Wed, 24 Mar 1999 00:12:35 +0100,
that Rudy Velthuis wrote:
> Guess what? I have the same problem, but not with a PC, with a dental chair.

Solution: leave the chair on over night...   :-)

Phoenix - OLF

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Why not pay a technician once to fit a "battery pack" (so you can just
connect a new battery by plugging it in). Maybe even a nice little
lead coming out of the chair to an external battery "pack" which you
can change both without soldering and without digging half the chair's
guts out?

On Wed, 24 Mar 1999 00:12:35 +0100, "Rudy Velthuis"
<rve### [at] gmxnet> wrote:
[snip]
>
>Guess what? I have the same problem, but not with a PC, with a dental chair.
>Every morning I'll have to reprogram the different settings (4 different
>ones, currently). To fix this, I'd have to open the foot of the chair, take
>out some tubes and hozes (or whatever you call them), then some circuit
>boards and find the battery, buy a new one, solder it in and reassemble
>everything. Too much work. I could ask a technician to do this, but they
>would charge big money for it, I'm sure.
>
>--
>Rudy
>

Cheers,

Cliff Bowman
Why not pay my 3D Dr Who site a visit at
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dimension/7855/
PS change ".duffnet" to ".net" if replying via e-mail

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