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>>No real easy way to do it unfortunately. There is one approach to take that
will give you the best results (no overlapping sphere's), but there's some
initial setup involved.<<
Is there no version of Dan Farmer's povsuds.exe that will put out a dxf file?
It seems to me that osculating spheres is a simple enough proposition that
someone should have done it. If he were using POV, this would be a fairly
simple proposition.
Michael
>>
Is there no version of Dan Farmer's povsuds.exe that will put out a dxf file?
<<
Not that I'm aware of Michael. You actually wouldn't need to output to DXF.
All you'd need to to is replace each POV sphere primitive with one of Imagine's
CSG perfect sphere's.
-GreG
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All you'd need to to is replace each POV sphere primitive with one of Imagine's
CSG perfect sphere's.
<<
GreG-
I actually considered this when trying to do the scene. But I don't have a
working printer right now and did not take the time to hand write all of the
coordinates of the "SUDS". Plus I haven't used SUDS in a while and would have
to re-learn it to an extent. I guess I was just being lazy. <g>
Darin
>>
If he were using POV, this would be a fairly simple proposition.
<<
Michael-
I have used the SUDS program before when using POV-Ray and thought of it during
this project. But I never took the time to convert from POV language to
Imagine placement.
Darin
>>I have used the SUDS program before when using POV-Ray and thought of it
during this project. But I never took the time to convert from POV language to
Imagine placement. <<
I know exactly what you mean. When you posted originally I took a look at some
povsuds output and decided that hand-converting would probably be a royal pain.
Which is why I fantasized the dxf output, but the problem there would be file
size and/or possible facetting on the spheres.
Michael