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From: Sven Littkowski
Subject: Any tool to transform objects to meshes
Date: 19 May 2006 15:38:46
Message: <446e1ec6@news.povray.org>
Hi!

Is there any tool or way to create meshes out of objects (such as unions, 
basic shapes, differences or intersections)?

Greetings,

Sven


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From: Zeger Knaepen
Subject: Re: Any tool to transform objects to meshes
Date: 19 May 2006 19:48:52
Message: <446e5964@news.povray.org>
"Sven Littkowski" <sve### [at] jamaica-focuscom> wrote in message 
news:446e1ec6@news.povray.org...
> Hi!
> 
> Is there any tool or way to create meshes out of objects (such as 
unions, 
> basic shapes, differences or intersections)?

http://jgrimbert.free.fr/pov/patch/tessel/index.html

cu!
-- 
#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*C/50#end#macro _(b,e,k,l)#local C=0;#while(C<50)
sphere{G(b,e)+3*z.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1;
#end#end _(y-x,y,x,x+y)_(y,-x-y,x+y,y)_(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)_(-y,y,y+z,x+y)
_(0x+y.5+y/2x)_(0x-y.5+y/2x)            // ZK http://www.povplace.com


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From: Sven Littkowski
Subject: Re: Any tool to transform objects to meshes
Date: 19 May 2006 19:55:53
Message: <446e5b09@news.povray.org>
"Sven Littkowski" <sve### [at] jamaica-focuscom> wrote in message 
news:446e1ec6@news.povray.org...
> Is there any tool or way to create meshes out of objects (such as unions,
> basic shapes, differences or intersections)?


"Zeger Knaepen" <zeg### [at] povplacecom> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:446e5964@news.povray.org...
> http://jgrimbert.free.fr/pov/patch/tessel/index.html


Hi Zeger,

thanks for that link. I opened it, and I see there a number of images and 
some kind of functions. But there is no further description or explanation 
which could help me to understand the contents better. Can you give me some 
information?

Thanks,

Sven


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From: Zeger Knaepen
Subject: Re: Any tool to transform objects to meshes
Date: 20 May 2006 03:25:22
Message: <446ec462$1@news.povray.org>
"Sven Littkowski" <sve### [at] jamaica-focuscom> wrote in message 
news:446e5b09@news.povray.org...
> Hi Zeger,
> 
> thanks for that link. I opened it, and I see there a number of images 
and 
> some kind of functions. But there is no further description or 
explanation 
> which could help me to understand the contents better. Can you give me 
some 
> information?

uhm, it's the tesselation-patch, a POV-Ray patch that allows you to 
tesselate any object.

Never tried it though

cu!
-- 
#macro G(b,e)b+(e-b)*C/50#end#macro _(b,e,k,l)#local C=0;#while(C<50)
sphere{G(b,e)+3*z.1pigment{rgb G(k,l)}finish{ambient 1}}#local C=C+1;
#end#end _(y-x,y,x,x+y)_(y,-x-y,x+y,y)_(-x-y,-y,y,y+z)_(-y,y,y+z,x+y)
_(0x+y.5+y/2x)_(0x-y.5+y/2x)            // ZK http://www.povplace.com


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From: Sven Littkowski
Subject: Re: Any tool to transform objects to meshes
Date: 20 May 2006 10:40:19
Message: <446f2a53@news.povray.org>
I am still looking for a way to transform POV-Ray objects (such as unions, 
basic shapes, differences or intersections) to POV-Ray meshes.

Who can help?

Sven


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Any tool to transform objects to meshes
Date: 20 May 2006 11:47:42
Message: <446f3a1e@news.povray.org>
Sven Littkowski <sve### [at] jamaica-focuscom> wrote:
> I am still looking for a way to transform POV-Ray objects (such as unions, 
> basic shapes, differences or intersections) to POV-Ray meshes.

  It's not possible, at least not currently.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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From: Tim Cook
Subject: Re: Any tool to transform objects to meshes
Date: 20 May 2006 13:21:01
Message: <446f4ffd$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
> Sven Littkowski <sve### [at] jamaica-focuscom> wrote:
>> I am still looking for a way to transform POV-Ray objects (such as unions, 
>> basic shapes, differences or intersections) to POV-Ray meshes.
> 
>   It's not possible, at least not currently.

Shh, don't tell Moray 3.5 that...

-- 
Tim Cook
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean

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N++ o? K- w(+) O? M-(--) V? PS+(+++) PE(--) Y(--)
PGP-(--) t* 5++>+++++ X+ R* tv+ b++(+++) DI
D++(---) G(++) e*>++ h+ !r--- !y--
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From: Warp
Subject: Re: Any tool to transform objects to meshes
Date: 20 May 2006 16:34:09
Message: <446f7d41@news.povray.org>
Tim Cook <z99### [at] bellsouthnet> wrote:
> Shh, don't tell Moray 3.5 that...

  It can convert POV-Ray SDL to meshes?

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                                                          - Warp


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From: Tim Cook
Subject: Re: Any tool to transform objects to meshes
Date: 20 May 2006 19:28:55
Message: <446fa637$1@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:
>   It can convert POV-Ray SDL to meshes?

It can convert POV primitive-based CSG objects into meshes.  Yes, you 
have to build them in Moray, but when you render it before converting to 
mesh, it's still a POV object.  That's what was quoted and to which I 
responded, nothing about POV SDL.  *wink*

-- 
Tim Cook
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-empyrean

-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
Version: 3.12
GFA dpu- s: a?-- C++(++++) U P? L E--- W++(+++)>$
N++ o? K- w(+) O? M-(--) V? PS+(+++) PE(--) Y(--)
PGP-(--) t* 5++>+++++ X+ R* tv+ b++(+++) DI
D++(---) G(++) e*>++ h+ !r--- !y--
------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------


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From: Greg M  Johnson
Subject: Re: Any tool to transform objects to meshes
Date: 20 May 2006 20:37:17
Message: <446fb63d@news.povray.org>
Sven Littkowski wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Is there any tool or way to create meshes out of objects (such as unions,
> basic shapes, differences or intersections)?
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Sven

There's a way to do it in povray's SDL, which is kinda clunky. 

It essentially would turn this:
http://flickr.com/photos/pterandon/32127796/in/set-110545/

into this:
http://flickr.com/photos/pterandon/30766135/in/set-110545/

I'd have to find out where and if I've published my own code for this.  But
it involved the trace function and the makemesh macros.


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