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From: Joerg Neidig
Subject: "round" boxes
Date: 4 Mar 1998 07:16:46
Message: <34FD462E.69930192@tu-harburg.d400.de>

Can someone tell me how I can make "round" boxes for stuff like pillows
and the like?

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From: Nieminen Mika
Subject: Re: "round" boxes
Date: 4 Mar 1970 07:46:16
Message: <34fd4d18.0@news.povray.org>

Joerg Neidig (nei### [at] tu-harburgd400de) wrote:
: Can someone tell me how I can make "round" boxes for stuff like pillows
: and the like?

  try the superellipsoid

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From: Roland Mas
Subject: Re: "round" boxes
Date: 4 Mar 1998 07:46:24
Message: <6djif0$lsl$1@melchior.cuivre.fr.eu.org>

Joerg Neidig (nei### [at] tu-harburgd400de) wrote:
> Can someone tell me how I can make "round" boxes for stuff like pillows
> and the like?

1. By hand: CSG and all the alike stuff.
2. Try superquadrics. Read the docs ;-)

> Live long and prosper
I'll try to.

Roland.
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From: Simon
Subject: Re: "round" boxes
Date: 21 Mar 1998 16:02:18
Message: <35142a91.24599907@news.povray.org>

On Wed, 04 Mar 1998 13:16:46 +0100, Joerg Neidig
<nei### [at] tu-harburgd400de> wrote:

>Can someone tell me how I can make "round" boxes for stuff like pillows
>and the like?

Superquadratics: Nice, but not intuitive. I suggest Moray, to play
around with the values. If you like what you see, look at the source
and cut-n-paste, or just stick with the modeller. As a non-programmer,
it's super! :)

Simon

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