PovRay Heart

[Catfordskater]

i hope this is the right forum. i've been trying to get a love heart shape in PovRay but i cant seem to get it at all.

I tried using two spheres and a cone but it looks really bad.

has anyone got any ideas on how i could do it?

Thanks in advance.

[Catfordskater]

i hope this is the right forum. i've been trying to get a love heart shape in PovRay but i cant seem to get it at all.

I tried using two spheres and a cone but it looks really bad.

has anyone got any ideas on how i could do it?

Thanks in advance.

[Mike Bailey]

What modeler are you using?

[Mike Bailey]

I would model a heart shape from a single 3D sphere.

[Catfordskater]

Im using the povray raytracer.

thats exactly the shape im looking for. but how did you manipulate the sphere? can you do it from withen povray or do i need to use a modeler and then import the shape?

thanks,

Ross

[Mike Bailey]

Welcome to TG Ross.

Try this free box modeler,

http://www.wings3d.com/

There is a povray export plug-in available for it.

[Soquili]

Hi Ross,

Welcome to the forum. As Mike pointed out, you need another app to create a mesh object to use in POVRay.

The attached pov file contains the mesh data exported from Wings3D. Take a look at the file in POVRay, the mesh is very complicated and would be very hard to code by hand.

Soquili

[Catfordskater]

thanks. i have wings3d but i have only just started learning with it.

Ross

[Soquili]

Ross, I'm still learning to use Wings3D myself. It is a lot of fun to play around with and can produce some amazing results. I hope you enjoy getting to know the program.

Soquili

[Mike Bailey]

Learn Wings Ross, it will serve you well.

Always a pleasure to hear from you Soquili.
Thanks for the help.