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From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 29 Apr 2002 11:27:53
Message: <3CCD6679.9CC33D3F@gmx.de>

FlyerX wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am wondering something about the heightfield in POV-Ray 3.5. Is there a
> way to use a height field as a displacement map? That would require the
> height field to wrap an object using the object's UV coordinates just like
> an image map.

Sounds strange and does not make much sense to me, but you are probably
looking for something like the HF macros in POV-Ray 3.5.

See file 'shapes.inc'.

Christoph

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