POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : New Idea for Height Fields : Re: New Idea for Height Fields Server Time
9 Aug 2024 19:38:22 EDT (-0400)
  Re: New Idea for Height Fields  
From: Ken
Date: 16 May 2000 18:21:47
Message: <3921C966.1F832996@pacbell.net>
Steven Jones wrote:
> 
> I just had a real brainwave!  Normally height fields by definition don't
> allow overhangs.  I realised you could work around this by STACKING height
> fields.  You have a main height field and then a height field on top for the
> underside of any overhangs and then a third hf on top of that for the top of
> the overhangs.

Old idea but a good reminder.

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