Re: The Old Golfball

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From: Richard Anthony
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 12:23

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gmead@io.org (Glen Mead) writes:
> Hi All,
>  
>   As a fairly inexperienced 3D animator, I'm trying to model a golf ball.  
> However, simply bump mapping a series of dimples (actually one dimple, 
> multiple copies) wrapped around a sphere does not create a realistic looking 
> golf ball...although it may do in a pinch.  The problem is that the spacing, 
> size, and shape of the dimples changes due to the wrap while all these 
> elements are consistent on a real golf ball.  How does one model a truly 
> realistic looking golf ball?  If anybody could give me some pointers on how 
> to do this (or find the necessary files to do so) it would be greatly 
> appreciated.  For the recorde, I am using Alias Animator 6.0 (not Power 
> Animator).  Thank-you in advance.
> 
> Glen Mead - gmead@io.org

I don't know if you would be able to translate it, but there
is a LightWave golfball object (Not tried it) at:
ftp://tomahawk.grandi.com/pub/LW/objects

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