Like Bill said, main use would probably be media. AARGH, what was my idea?!!?
*5 minutes later* Oh yeah. My original thought came about from the engraving
text on a ring question. A torical pattern could be used along with text objects
in an orthographic view to create a height_field that would be perfect for
engraving the text on the ring. Yes, that was it!!! I remembered!!!

Ken wrote:

> Larry Fontaine wrote:
> >
> > Suggestion for the next version of POV:
> > A torus pattern, like the sphere one, but a torus...
> > Would be major radius 1, along the X-Y or X-Z plane, with the value
> > gradually dropping off from 1 at minor-radius 0 to 0 at minor-radius 1.
>
> And your argument for the inclusion of this and what benefits it would offer
> are ?
>
>   This is not a challenge of your suggestion. If you have a valid reason
> you think this should be added you should make your request as compelling
> as possible. Many requests for new features are posted here but few
> follow through with why they think the time should be spent on adding
> them.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler
>
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