
Metaballs
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- See also
- References
- Further reading
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In computer graphics, metaballs, also known as blobby objects, are organic-looking n-dimensional isosurfaces, characterised by their ability to meld together when in close proximity to create single, contiguous objects.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metaballs” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.