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Guru YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37	make a 3D-Paper Model from a Heightfield Mar 7th, 2010, 8:47am   I just wrote a little processing sketch that helps to generate a paper model from a heightfield in processing http://www.local-guru.net/blog/2010/03/07/how-to-make-a-3d-paper-model-from-a-he...

yelele_eu Junior Member Offline Posts: 68	Re: make a 3D-Paper Model from a Heightfield Reply #1 - Mar 7th, 2010, 2:15pm   Great idea. Have you tried with more complex geometry, and high resolution (more divisions) ?

Guru YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37	Re: make a 3D-Paper Model from a Heightfield Reply #2 - Mar 7th, 2010, 2:19pm   not yet. i thought about using a fft of a song as input, but I did want to make something easy for the first try

bit.craft YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 9	Re: make a 3D-Paper Model from a Heightfield Reply #3 - Mar 10th, 2010, 6:24am   Very krafty! This kind of structure is also known by the name "sliceform". ( http://www.k2g2.org/wiki:sliceform ) Do you mind if I feature your snippet in the bit.craft blog

Guru YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 37	Re: make a 3D-Paper Model from a Heightfield Reply #4 - Mar 10th, 2010, 6:27am   @bit.craft - cool i didn't know this has a name on its own permission to feature my post hereby officially granted

adamkumpf YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 11 MA	Re: make a 3D-Paper Model from a Heightfield Reply #5 - Mar 26th, 2010, 10:42am   awesome!  I totally dig the blend of the digital with the physical world.  It's so easy to enjoy the simplicity and flexibility of pixels and forget about the fact that we can't actually touch the shapes they appear to be.

Cedric God Member Offline Posts: 1838	Re: make a 3D-Paper Model from a Heightfield Reply #6 - Mar 26th, 2010, 2:14pm   this is great. you should do more in this kind of fields. i want to see more fabbing stuff made with processing!
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