Cool!

I just turned the page on the tutorial and there it was - CSG. I guess I should
have waited before posting(!)

Thanks,
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"Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandlucouk> wrote in message
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> "Nekar Xenos" <j-p### [at] citywalkcoza> wrote in message
> news:3b1cc4fb@news.povray.org...
> >
> >
> > Ok, that sounds good. Can I do CSG with these iso-objects then? (I guess
not -
> > but it owuld be nice =)
> >
>
> Yep, you can treat iso's like any other CSG (although read the docs and don't
forget
> max_trace) - try the following code in megapov (a difference of a box and an
iso):
>
> #version unofficial MegaPov 0.6;
>
> #include "colors.inc"
> light_source{<0,0,0> color rgb<1,1,1>*2 translate <0, 0, -5>}
> camera{location  <0.0, 0.5, -5.0> look_at   <0.0, 0.0,  0.0>}
> sky_sphere{pigment{Blue}}
>
> difference{
>   box{<-1,-1,0>,<1,1,1/2> pigment{red 1}}
>   isosurface{
>     function {(x*x + y*y + z*z) - noise3d(x*5,y*5,z*5)}
>     max_trace 10 // try removing this!
>     contained_by{box{-5,5}}
>   }
>   pigment{rgb 1}
> }
>
>
>
>

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