how to: a geometric 3d bevel

This tutorial covers basic 3d modeling and rendering. It demonstrates how to write a beveling algorithm, which takes a 2d polygon and extrudes it into a 3d shape, and also includes the basics of lighting 3d objects.

arclight qt update

Project description and download.

arclight qt prototype

Arclight is a prototype written to explore app development with the Qt framework. The app loads a 2D polygon from a .svg file, extrudes it into 3D with a beveling algorithm, then lights the resulting geometry.

how to: a geometric 3d bevel (obsolete)

This is a tutorial that covers basic 3d modeling and rendering. It demonstrates how to write a beveling algorithm, which takes a 2d polygon and extrudes it into a 3d shape, and includes the basics of lighting 3d objects.

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I had in my mind the image of a rusty, bent nail, without purpose or utility.

how to: new point on a line

If people ever asked me questions, they would probably never ask me, "hey, if I've got a point on a line, how do I find a new point that's d distance away?"

arclight 0.1

Arclight is a tool for rendering images that was written in Google's Go programming language. I was curious to check out Go so I wrote a tool to help generate button and background images for other projects.