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  Re: Spheres in a sphere  
From: green
Date: 16 Mar 2014 16:05:01
Message: <web.532602559f83cd68c8e5ee220@news.povray.org>
Le_Forgeron <jgr### [at] freefr> wrote:
> Le 16/03/2014 12:45, nonostar nous fit lire :
> > Hello,
> >
> > i want to make spheres in a sphere. I know there is a function for that :
> > VRand_In_Obj.
> >
> > But i want to prevent the intersection of spheres between them.
> >
> > How can i do proceed to do that ?
> >
> > Thanks for your help
> >
> >
>
> You want to find a solution to apolonian gasket in 3D.
>
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonian_gasket
>
> A recursing macro might be a solution to generate smaller and smaller
> spheres.
>
> Sadly the pages of Mr Bourke are no more online.
>
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonian_sphere_packing

i was just at his site http://paulbourke.net/ because i used his starfield.
his links have not been updated; 'miscellaneous; projection, modeling,
rendering' should be
http://paulbourke.net/miscellaneous/

'interlinked square tori' (jan 2014) works, pretty cool.

green


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