POV‑Ray Mosaic: triangle pattern, Regular plane partition 36
Converting 2D image into mosaic of 3D objects
POV‑Ray Mosaic is a set of programs, which read every pixel of source image and convert it into a virtual 3D object, packed side by side with objects created from other pixels, thus creating something like 3D-mosaic in POV-Ray format. You can download POV‑Ray Mosaic from GitHub and use it for free.
36Zaika is a part of this package, covering 36 Euclidean tiling.
Update: In version 1.19.5.19 mosaic element transparency (both filter and transmit) are changed from global constants to functions of source pixel brightness and alpha, thus enabling more interesting handling of glass and similar materials.
Previously on POV‑Ray Mosaic: In version 1.19.1.7 rendering autofocus and scene legibility were improved. In version 1.11.1.1 texture syntax changed to fully blown texture, thus providing a capability to build layered textures.
Regular plane partition 36 have only one problem: I can imagine only one type of object to fill it.
#declare scale_map = <0, 0, 2>
Yes. It's equilateral trigonal prism - the only thing I can offer you.
I even added conic_sweep variant as separate thingie type to somehow justify object switch idea.
thingie_2
If you manage to invent some other object for 36 plane partition pattern, I plead you to share your finding.
Until then, we may have fun with normals, especially with 36 ones:
normal{tiling 3 scale <0.5, 5, 0.5> rotate <90, 0, 0>}
Not surprisingly, triangle normal pattern perfectly fit triangle object pattern.
Surely 36zaika have a lot of control options, like surface editing and mapping, characteristic for POV‑Ray Mosaic programs in general and described previously.
Assuming you scrolled that far, I remind you that you can download POV‑Ray Mosaic from GitHub.
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