POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.pov4.discussion.general : Support of NURBS-Surfaces : Re: Support of NURBS-Surfaces Server Time
8 Oct 2024 06:06:59 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Support of NURBS-Surfaces  
From: H  Karsten
Date: 17 Nov 2009 22:20:01
Message: <web.4b0366e51a8c6309da6353d60@news.povray.org>
Chambers <Ben### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
....
> It's easy enough to write a macro to handle streams of patches for you,
> if you already have the data. The last time I wrote one, I think I
> finished it in under an hour.
>
> The problem, of course, is getting the data in the first place.
> Creating NURBS via text editors is not easy.
>
> ...Chambers

Then, it shouldn't be a problem to compile such a feature into PovRay.

I don't know, how to write such a Macro, but rendering a NURBS-surface in
PovRay, without any problems for the user would still be a cool thing.


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