Use greyscale value of image as heightfield for simple 3D object?

From: Michael Dougherty (m.dougherty@acrtucson.com)
Date: Tue Dec 22 1998 - 00:47:33 EET

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I am looking for a utility to create a very simple 3D object from an image.
It doesn't have to try to reconstruct the original geometry; just interpret
the grey value as a heightfield. [It seems like a fairly simple task,
doesn't it?]

Any and all suggestions cheerfully accepted.

Michael Dougherty
m.dougherty@acrtucson.com

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