A "real " 3d texture. 2003-11-17 - By Mark Davies
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Hoehne, Brad wrote:
> I've been trying to simulate a ragged 3 dimensional structure, with
>the 3d structure of a marble texture. As far as I can tell, all textures
>3-d or not, map just to the surface of an object- the 3-d textures getting
>their surface information from some solver that figures out what the 2d
>surface map should be for the shape at that given point.
>
>.. In other
>words, the texture is not a "real" 3-d texture. The object looks "hollow."
>
>
Sounds like you want a volume rendering solution. I would either use
Maya's 3d fluids (if you have Unlimited) or give my 'RayMarcher' shader
a shot:
http://www.lightengine3d.com/downloads/plugins/rayMarcher/rayMarcher1.html
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