Hi,
I uploaded a new context version. Already for a while we have some ways
to render #D graphics but the manual is pending so we keep a low
profile. However, you can play with it and can find some information in
luametafun-threed.tex (which you can compile).
As usual with graphics, we hook this into MetaPost so that we can mix
with other graphics, although for MetaPost of course it's just some
abstraction.
We focus on parametric, implicit, plane and intersections. The results
are rather high quality bytemaps so they are quite efficient. Of course
there is some runtime involved but one can cache. We are curious to know
how performance is perceived because my 2018 laptop is not the best one
to measure. Stippling is also possible. There are no dependencies on
additional tools.
One of the features is that we can import so called stl files (e.g. from
mapple or mathematica) but we only did limited tests. Again, more info
in the luametafun part of the manual; the more extensive manual will
become available around the meeting, given that we have time. We're
curious if users (if there are any) can test this.
There are some postprocessing capabilities and Keith is exploring
textures and animations, again something for a dedicated manual and
later (but tests look stunning).
A second new feature, a 2D side effect of 3D, is that we support voronoi
rendering as described in luametafun-voronoi.tex and if there is enough
interest we can look into 3D. First we need to know about applications
in documents (there are plenty of examples in nature once you know about
it).
All is of course still somewhat experimental but the interfaces are
okay. To what extend we will speed up matters (for voronoy) depends on
usage. On a modern macine (we suppose) all is fine anyway btu we simply
have no clue about possible user applications.
Hans (with Mikael and Keith)
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