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Hi there!
I already posted this into the unofficial patches section but I think it fits
better here. But I don't want to open a new thread.
http://news.povray.org/povray.unofficial.patches/thread/%3Cweb.4ce7d82a3d7366653f6f52ea0%40news.povray.org%3E/
In short:
I would very much like the ability to include external functions (DLLs/SOs) as
user defined functions.
In addition, a new function object (besides isosurface and parametric) can be
created. Povray hands start point and direction vector of a ray to a function
and the function returns the point of intersection with the object (and maybe
the slope).
Peas out!
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Am 20.11.2010 22:25, schrieb Mircode:
> I would very much like the ability to include external functions (DLLs/SOs) as
> user defined functions.
I guess that would essentially open up the possibility for generic OS
function calls - I don't think this is ever going to happen in official
POV-Ray. Let alone that scene files using this feature would be
non-portable - another no-go.
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Am 20.11.2010 22:25, schrieb Mircode:
> I already posted this into the unofficial patches section but I think it fits
> better here. But I don't want to open a new thread.
>
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.unofficial.patches/thread/%3Cweb.4ce7d82a3d7366653f6f52ea0%40news.povray.org%3E/
I guess with this particular topic a new thread does make sense: There's
nothing wrong with the idea of such a feature as an unofficial patch, so
povray.unofficial.patches would be a good place to talk about technical
details (without attracting lots of "forget it!" replies), but official
POV-Ray is another thing, so here might be a good place to talk about
the reasons why it won't make it into official POV-Ray, as well as
pondering alternatives that may.
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From: John VanSickle
Subject: Re: Feature req.: DLLs/SOs as user defined functions
Date: 21 Nov 2010 05:00:16
Message: <4ce8edb0@news.povray.org>
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On 11/20/2010 4:25 PM, Mircode wrote:
> Hi there!
>
> I already posted this into the unofficial patches section but I think it fits
> better here. But I don't want to open a new thread.
>
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.unofficial.patches/thread/%3Cweb.4ce7d82a3d7366653f6f52ea0%40news.povray.org%3E/
>
> In short:
>
> I would very much like the ability to include external functions (DLLs/SOs) as
> user defined functions.
>
> In addition, a new function object (besides isosurface and parametric) can be
> created. Povray hands start point and direction vector of a ray to a function
> and the function returns the point of intersection with the object (and maybe
> the slope).
It may be that a future version of POV-Ray will include a shading
language (in a manner similar to what Renderman does) in which case it
should not be difficult to extend that to provide intersection/gradient
capability.
Regards,
John
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