Links

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Objects:

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dtrg: POV-Ray Manual: 5. Scene language description reference
5.2.0-3.html

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Florian Fischer: Primitives in Pov-Ray 3 (Einfache Objekte)
objectpv.htm

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objects/blob

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:POV-Ray: Documentation: 3.6.1 Blob Object
POV-Ray: Documentation: 3.6.1 Blob Object.html

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Rune Johansen: blob tutorial
blobs.asp.html

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Jeff Lee: Understanding Blobs in POV-Ray
blobs.html

Objects/isosurface:

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St. Benge: Geometric Creations - Isosurface Tutorial - Beginning
iso_tutorial1.html

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St. Benge: Geometric Creations - Isosurface Tutorial - Part Two
iso_tutorial2.html

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St. Benge: Geomectric Creations - Isosurface Tutorial - Part 3
iso_tutorial3.html

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Smellenbergh: Isosurface manual: Overview
isotutrs/iso_ind.html

Splines:

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Paul Heckbert: addendum.pdf
almond.srv.cs.cmu.edu/.../addendum.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Online geometric modeling notes
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../index.html

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Kenneth I. Joy: Bezier-Curves.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Bezier-Curves.pdf
keywords: Historics on Bezier curves

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Kenneth I. Joy: Arbitrary-Bezier-Curves.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Arbitrary-Bezier-Curves.pdf
keywords: short description of Bezierer splines (using Bernstein polynomials)

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Kenneth I. Joy: Bezier-Control-Polygons-for-a-Cubic-Curve.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Bezier-Control-Polygons-for-a-Cubic-Curve.pdf
keywords: pieceing together Bezier curves

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Kenneth I. Joy: B-Spline-Curve-Definition.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../B-Spline-Curve-Definition.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Cubic-Refinement-Eigenvalues.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Cubic-Refinement-Eigenvalues.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Cubic-Subdivision-Curve-Direct-mathcalculation.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Cubic-Subdivision-Curve-Direct-mathcalculation.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Cubic-Uniform-B-Spline-Curve-Splitting.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Cubic-Uniform-B-Spline-Curve-Splitting.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Deboor-Cox-mathcalculation.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Deboor-Cox-mathcalculation.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Divide-and-Conquer-Bezier-Curve.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Divide-and-Conquer-Bezier-Curve.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Catmull-Clark.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Catmull-Clark.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Chaikins-Algorithm.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Chaikins-Algorithm.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Control-Points.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Control-Points.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Cubic-Bezier-Curves.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Cubic-Bezier-Curves.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Cubic-B-Spline-Curve-Refinement.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Cubic-B-Spline-Curve-Refinement.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: The-Support-of-a-Blending-Function.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../The-Support-of-a-Blending-Function.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Uniform-B-Splines-as-a-Convolution.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Uniform-B-Splines-as-a-Convolution.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Uniform-Normalized-Blending-Functions.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Uniform-Normalized-Blending-Functions.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Uniform-Two-Scale-Proof.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Uniform-Two-Scale-Proof.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Uniform-Two-Scale-Relation.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Uniform-Two-Scale-Relation.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Vertex-and-Edge-Points.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Vertex-and-Edge-Points.pdf

Surfaces:

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Kenneth I. Joy: Bezier-Patches.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Bezier-Patches.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Arbitrary-Bezier-Patch.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Arbitrary-Bezier-Patch.pdf
keywords: Bezier patch for surface

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Kenneth I. Joy: Bezier-Curves-on-Bezier-Patches.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Bezier-Curves-on-Bezier-Patches.pdf
keywords: Bézier patches as families of Bézier curves

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Kenneth I. Joy: Bezier-Patch-Subdivision.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Bezier-Patch-Subdivision.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Cubic-B-Spline-Surface-Refinement.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Cubic-B-Spline-Surface-Refinement.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Loop-Surfaces.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Loop-Surfaces.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Matrix-Cubic-Bezier-Curve.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Matrix-Cubic-Bezier-Curve.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Matrix-Cubic-Bezier-Patch.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Matrix-Cubic-Bezier-Patch.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Quadratic-Bezier-Curves.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Quadratic-Bezier-Curves.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Quadratic-B-Spline-Curve-Refinement.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Quadratic-B-Spline-Curve-Refinement.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Quadratic-B-Spline-Surface-Refinement.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Quadratic-B-Spline-Surface-Refinement.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Refinement.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Refinement.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Reparameterizing-Bezier-Curves.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Reparameterizing-Bezier-Curves.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Subdivision-Curves.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Subdivision-Curves.pdf

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Kenneth I. Joy: Subdivision-Surfaces.pdf
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../Subdivision-Surfaces.pdf

Tutorials:

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dtrg:
www-sfb288.math.tu-berlin.de/.../index.html

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Ken Joy: Geometric Modeling - On-Line Notes
graphics.cs.ucdavis.edu/.../index.html

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Friedrich A. Lohmueller: POV-Ray descriptions, tutorials and samples for the POV-Ray raytracing program for beginners and advanced users
www.f-lohmueller.de/.../pov__eng.htm

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Friedrich A. Lohmueller: POV-Ray Tutorial - Einführung, deutsche Beschreibungen, Anleitungen und Beispiele zum Raytracer POVRAY zu 3D-Grafik mittels Raytracing
www.f-lohmueller.de/.../pov__ger.htm

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Robet B. Chaffe: POV-Ray SDL Quick Reference
quickref.html
keywords: povray quick reference

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Michiel van de Panne: computer graphics lecture topics
www.cs.ucla.edu/.../lectureTopics.html

Geometry/Splines:

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Frank Pfenning: 10-splines.pdf
almond.srv.cs.cmu.edu/.../10-splines.pdf

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Frank Pfenning: 10-splines.pdf (color)
almond.srv.cs.cmu.edu/.../10-splines.pdf

Geometry/Surfaces:

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Heckbert-15462: curves_implicit_2.pdf
almond.srv.cs.cmu.edu/.../curves_implicit_2.pdf

Geometry/Parametrizations:

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Frank Pfenning: 09-curves.pdf
almond.srv.cs.cmu.edu/.../09-curves.pdf

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Frank Pfenning: 09-curves.pdf (color)
almond.srv.cs.cmu.edu/.../09-curves.pdf

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Heckbert-15462: curves_param_2.pdf
almond.srv.cs.cmu.edu/.../curves_param_2.pdf

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Heckbert-15462: geomod.pdf
almond.srv.cs.cmu.edu/.../geomod.pdf

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www.f-lohmueller.de/.../povshpe1e.htm

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www.f-lohmueller.de/.../povshpe2e.htm

Pov-Ray-Documentation:

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[pov:3.2]Basic Shapes

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[pov:3.3]CSG Objects

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[pov:3.4]Spline Based Shapes

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[pov:3.5]Polygon Based Shapes

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[pov:3.6]Other Shapes

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[pov:6.5]Objects

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[pov:10.1.8]Objects

We will lead our way through the huge zoo of objects starting from the most special ones and reach the most general mathematic descriptions at the end. The objects available in Pov-Ray are of different types: finite solid objects, finite patch objects, infinite objects, iso- and parametric surfaces, and objects obtained by CSG (constructive solid geometry). See [pov:395.html#target_1783] for a short overview of the syntax.