Metaballs
Metaballs, also known as blobby objects, are a type of implicit modeling technique.
We can think of a metaball as a partical surrounded by a density field, where
the density attributed to the particle (its influence) decreases with distance
from the particle location. A surface is implied by taking an isosurface through
this density field - the higher the isosurface value, the nearer it will be
to the particle.

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Overview of Metaballs/Blobby Objects