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11 Oct 2024 16:59:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: 3D warp repeat for primitives  
From: jr
Date: 9 Aug 2024 13:35:00
Message: <web.66b652eac952a069c7a7971d6cde94f1@news.povray.org>
hi,

"Kenneth" <kdw### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> ...
> As in, taking any pre-made object and turning it into a triangle mesh surface--
> even objects with holes, voids, undercuts, etc. So far, I have solved only 'step
> A'-- finding regularly-spaced points on all the surfaces, without picking
> redundant points. Even that's not quite perfect, though. The *bigger* problem is
> how to logically connect those points to make triangles... which is the 'holy
> grail' of the entire scheme, of course!

ingo wrote/published a "meshmaker" macro[*], I guess you could explore that code
for ideas, there's also a "nagging feeling" of having forgotten another mesh2
generating macro published in the NGs.

[*] which I haven't to hand, sorry.


regards, jr.


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