Documentation Talk:Reference Section 4

Blob Formula

${density}={strength}\cdot \left(1-\left({\frac {\min(distance,radius)}{radius}}\right)^{2}\right)^{2}$

Better Blob Formula

${\textit {density}}={\textit {strength}}\cdot \left(1-\left({\frac {\min({\textit {distance}},{\textit {radius}})}{\textit {radius}}}\right)^{2}\right)^{2}$

inline pictures rendered from the portfolio

I know it might seems childish or simple, but even if the graphics illustrations in 2D are nice to explain the measurement (so, keep them), it might be more than a good move to also provide for each shape a sample of render (and we already have them, in the portfolio of povray, section allobjects).

It is pretty obvious what a sphere is, but even the torus had to rely on the donut naming to give everyone a clue. Text is good, but a really rendered shape for each entry (and whose source could be found in the distribution) might really enhance that section.

Actual changes to the pages would be: upload the rendered images from portfolio, add the pictures in the pages.

Some better images could be from the window's povray menu/Insert

The issue of new images is something that's been raised before (other sections) ... it's on my list but low priority at the moment --jholsenback 17:30, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

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• Update the syntax for ovus (at the beginning of the page, in the object chapter)

--Le Forgeron 08:36, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

• done: --jholsenback 13:40, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

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OBJECT:
  FINITE_SOLID_OBJECT | FINITE_PATCH_OBJECT | 
  INFINITE_SOLID_OBJECT | ISOSURFACE_OBJECT | PARAMETRIC_OBJECT |
  CSG_OBJECT | LIGHT_SOURCE |
  object { OBJECT_IDENTIFIER [OBJECT_MODIFIERS...] }
FINITE_SOLID_OBJECT:
  BLOB | BOX | CONE | CYLINDER | HEIGHT_FIELD | JULIA_FRACTAL |
  LATHE | OVUS | PRISM | SPHERE | SPHERESWEEP | SUPERELLIPSOID |
  SOR | TEXT | TORUS
FINITE_PATCH_OBJECT:
  BICUBIC_PATCH | DISC | MESH | MESH2 | POLYGON | TRIANGLE |
  SMOOTH_TRIANGLE
  INFINITE_SOLID_OBJECT:
  PLANE | POLY | CUBIC | QUARTIC | QUADRIC
ISOSURFACE_OBJECT:
  ISOSURFACE
PARAMETRIC_OBJECT:
  PARAMETRIC	
CSG_OBJECT:
  UNION | INTERSECTION | DIFFERENCE | MERGE

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