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25 Apr 2024 18:52:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Visualization of a sand grain  
From: Bald Eagle
Date: 1 Apr 2019 20:15:00
Message: <web.5ca2a8db3897cbe3765e06870@news.povray.org>
"Wallace" <819### [at] qqcom> wrote:
> Hi folks, I am new to the software and this community. I am a year 4 civil
> engineering student. To finish my final year project, I am required to learn
> this software. I use Pack3D in matlab to generate some particles with a lot of
> xyz coordiantes as well as radius from central point. I wonder how could I use
> Povray visualize a single particle with lots of x-y-z coordinate. I cant find
> the correct coding for my visualization. Hope can find some help here. Thank
> you!

Write the <x,y,z> vector and radius to a file.
Read in the values, generate a sphere of that radius at that point.
loop.

Points for style would be to figure out where the camera should be located to
make sure all the spheres are in the raytraced image.


This has been covered before, and I replied rather frequently to Ari -

http://news.povray.org/povray.newusers/thread/%3Cweb.5942a025555127989d2528170%40news.povray.org%3E/


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