Feature Request : Negative Spaces

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Feature Request : Negative Spaces

Forum: Open Discussion

Creator: Christopher Pütz

Created: 2009-02-16

Updated: 2013-05-28

Christopher Pütz - 2009-02-16

It would be a great extension for structure synth to have the ability to subtract forms from existing ones, that means to cut out empty spaces. Sorry for my lack of english and knowledge.

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- Mikael Hvidtfeldt Christensen - 2009-02-16
  
  Hi,
  
  Actually I've thought of this myself - I think it could be a very interesting addition to Structure Synth.
  
  Unfortunately I think that implementing subtractive geometry will be very difficult. You will get quite complicated polygons when subtracting the basic primitives from each other - and I do not know the right algorithms to apply.
  
  I do know, however, that subtractive geometry is supported in PovRay - so a possible solution (~hack) might be to modify the export templates so that a structure with subtractive geometry could be created in PovRay. It could be interesting to look into this.
  
  Best regards, Mikael.
  
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