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  Re: ABX, one last post here for you  
From: Tor Olav Kristensen
Date: 15 Nov 2002 08:35:07
Message: <web.3dd4f789cb1d9165edbc6d4c0@news.povray.org>
normdoering wrote:
>...
>> IMO such art companies use own tools mostly
>> based on triangles and nurbs.
>
>That sounds like Lightwave, their people talk about nurbs and how great they
>are. They sound like blobs in POV.
>...

No, NURBS are very different from blobs.
- But they are great for modelling complex shapes.

See:
http://news.povray.org/search/advanced/?s=NURBS
http://news.povray.org/search/advanced/?s=Trivariate


Btw.: Subdivision surfaces is also a widely used tool
in computer modelling.

See:
http://news.povray.org/search/advanced/?s=subdivision


Tor Olav


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