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Title: Melting Mandelbox
Post by: fractower on September 23, 2011, 09:36:56 AM
Melting Mandelbox

(http://nocache-nocookies.digitalgott.com/gallery/8/2792_23_09_11_9_36_55.jpeg)

http://www.fractalforums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=8682

Melting Mandelbox. Generalized box fold with rounded corners and sides.

Made with a hacked version of mandelbulber. My image merge script needs some work but it turned out interesting anyway.


Title: Re: Melting Mandelbox
Post by: KRAFTWERK on September 23, 2011, 02:02:24 PM
Nice!... What happens if you give the 'rounding' a negative value?  O0


Title: Re: Melting Mandelbox
Post by: fractower on September 23, 2011, 05:13:56 PM
The melting model involves defining a surface that is a fixed distance from the cube. Corners become spheres, edges become tubes and faces remain planes. Applying the same rule with a negative value would just give a smaller cube.