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Thomas Willhalm wrote:
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> Bob <inv### [at] aol com> writes:
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> > Isn't something like the spline includes by Chris Colefax (and there are
> > others) a POV-Ray script which counts as doing this already? Or I suppose
> > you might mean a actual spline keyword to use them internal to POV, in
> > which case I guess this is what was mentioned would be implemented in a
> > future SuperPatch. Altogether different.
>
> He might also think of "sphere sweeps". They are the objects that you get,
> when you sweep a sphere along a spline. Jochen Lippert implemented them
> and as far as I know his code is also included in the superpatch.
>
> Thomas
>
> --
> http://www.fmi.uni-konstanz.de/~willhalm
Povray with sphere sweeps:
http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~vader/pss/pss.html
--
Ken Tyler
mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net
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On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 23:45:00 -0700, Ken wrote:
>Thomas Willhalm wrote:
>> He might also think of "sphere sweeps". They are the objects that you get,
>> when you sweep a sphere along a spline. Jochen Lippert implemented them
>> and as far as I know his code is also included in the superpatch.
>
>Povray with sphere sweeps:
>http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~vader/pss/pss.html
As Thomas mentioned, sphere sweeps are also included in the superpatch:
http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/superpatch ("official" site)
http://www.ezwv.com/~mclilith/index.html (mirror site)
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Ron Parker wrote:
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> On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 23:45:00 -0700, Ken wrote:
> >Thomas Willhalm wrote:
> >> He might also think of "sphere sweeps". They are the objects that you get,
> >> when you sweep a sphere along a spline. Jochen Lippert implemented them
> >> and as far as I know his code is also included in the superpatch.
> >
> >Povray with sphere sweeps:
> >http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~vader/pss/pss.html
>
> As Thomas mentioned, sphere sweeps are also included in the superpatch:
>
> http://www2.fwi.com/~parkerr/superpatch ("official" site)
> http://www.ezwv.com/~mclilith/index.html (mirror site)
I am aware that it is included with the super patch sir. I posted link
as an online source of information that describes in detail the sphere sweep
process so the original poster might decide for him/her self if the application
was one that would be applicable to his/her needs.
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Ken Tyler
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On Fri, 11 Jun 1999 17:05:25 -0700, Ken wrote:
> I am aware that it is included with the super patch sir. I posted link
>as an online source of information that describes in detail the sphere sweep
>process so the original poster might decide for him/her self if the application
>was one that would be applicable to his/her needs.
Good idea. I was actually following up to Thomas but I didn't want
to be bothered with hitting esc-p to get back to his message. I
didn't mean to impugn your reputation.
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