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From: johnc@bbs.xnet.com (John Crookshank)
To: lightwave-l@netcom.com
Subject: Re: PAR & VidiRT
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David Shaw asked:
>Hi,
>
> Ok, having to wait for my Lightwave to come over to Oz, I'm
>wondering if there is a way to create a macro that will split an object
>up into random pieces. This is for an explosion effect. I realise it can
>be done by hand, but I was hoping for a way to randomize this so that
>once one piece broke away, that particular piece kept breaking up into
>smaller one. Make any sense :) I'm not much of a math wizz or
>programming genie, so I was hopeing that one of you long time users could
>point me in the right direction regarding existing macros sets etc.
The commercial package POWER MACROS has just such a macro, which works
wonderfully. The SHATTER macro sllices your object into pieces, and the BLOW UP
macro will make it explode. You have some "tweaking" capabilities in both
macros, so you have some control over the outcome.
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