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- ---------------------- README.TXT for TREES.ZIP -----------------------------
-
- Dick LeVitt, CIS 72616,2066
- 1/29/94
-
- TREES.ZIP contains files for rendering realistic ficus-like trees in
- POV-Ray 2.0. The tree object (MYTREE.INC) was created with Lj Lapre's
- L-System Parser/Mutator, available on CompuServe's GRAPHDEV forum.
-
- L-Systems are "an algorithmic approach to the description, analysis, and
- developmental simulation of multicellular organisms" originated by Aristid
- Lindenmayer, a theoretical biologist. For more information, see
- Lindenmeyer and Prusinkiewicz' article in "Artificial Life," edited by
- Christopher G. Langton (Addison Wesley, 1989); or see "The Algorithmic
- Beauty of Plants," by Prusinkiewicz and Lindenmeyer.
-
- In addition to this README file, TREES.ZIP contains:
-
- TREES.POV example scene and textures
- MYTREE.INC the MyTree object
- BARKTEX.GIF bark texture bump_map
- MYTREE01.LS a script for generating a lush, small-leaved tree
- MYTREE03.LS a script for the tree in MYTREE.INC
-
- Note: if you generate your own *.inc files with L-Parser, you may need to
- enter texture references by string search-and-replace. The L-Parser output
- creates pigment{} and finish{} statements for each sub-object, rather
- than texture{}. MYTREE.INC has been hand modified for the textures in
- TREES.POV.
-
- Thanks to Lj Lapre for LPARSER and for TREE05.LS on which MYTREE*.LS is
- based.
-
- -- Dick
-