> Got any pictures of the results?
>
> Cheers,
>   - Andreas
>
> David Faught wrote:
> >> From the MC package description:
> > -----------------
> > This version of CCPainter contains a partially successful test of a
> > different method of "plumping" a 2D drawing into a 3D object.
> >
> > ** For a more stable CCPainter, use either an older or newer version. **
> > -----------------
> >
> > The method of inflation that was tested here is based on building a
> > "neighbor map" by accumulating successive increasingly offset BitBlt
> > copies of a mask of the 2D drawing, and then using a form of "marching
> > squares" to build a mesh from this heightmap.
> >
> > This approach basically works, but is less than an exciting
> > breakthrough.  Here are some initial observations:
> >
> > 1. The speed of the process is relatively stable, partially because of
> > the way that the marching squares algorithm was done.  I believe
> > subjectively that the marching squares part of the process is the most
> > time consuming part.
> >
> > 2.  The result is less than great because I did not (yet) eliminate
> > flat background portions of the mesh nor knit together openings along
> > the edges.
> >
> > 3.  The result looks more like embossing than rounded inflating.
> >
> > 4.  Smaller details may not be picked up in the heightmap because of
> > the increment of the marching squares.
> >
> > 5.  I believe the process to be relatively bulletproof in terms of
> > lack of failures because of unusual input drawings.  I could be wrong.
> >
> > Please let me know if you have any ideas or suggestions for improving
> > on this process.  Otherwise, I will probably just file it away.
> >
> >
>