thanks gilles,

i tried it at lunch.  you draw a sphere, like you said, position
it over the csg you want deleted, select the punch tool, and
then the object you are performing the operation on, and
then the + and - keys to look at variations.  unless i'm doing
something wrong (god forbid!  ;-), it doesn't want to perform
a punch operation on my mesh.  when i click on the mesh to
perform the operation, amapi closes instantly.  its repeatable
too.  did it twice in a row.

but i'll bang on it some more.  there's an easy way to do this...
there has to be!  editting a mesh is an elementary operation.

one of the things i noticed almost immediately about the 4.15
amapi freebie is that the online docs are limited to a few
elementary html-formatted tutorials.  there's no index or search.
if they are using this freebie to promote their product, the low
rent online help is not a good advertisement.

there's no newsgroup with the keyword "amapi" in it either.

i think i need to run thru the tutorials first before i whine a whole
lot more.  i'm outa breath anyway.    ;-)

thanks again, miker

"Gilles Tran" <tra### [at] inapginrafr> wrote in message
news:3bc30068@news.povray.org...

> > i could accomplish this
> > by progressively deleting large sections of the mesh in copies of the
> > original, but i don't know how to do it.  i'm using the 4.15 freebie
> > version.
>
> I think it's possible do simple CSG feature with Amapi. The tool is the
> "cut" one (a sphere with a smaller one cut from it).
> Create a small grid, place it where it should cut the mesh, and then use
the
> cut tool. Select the cutting object (the grid), then the mesh and then
> choose one of the various options available with the + and - keys.
> I've done this before but I'm not very familiar with Amapi's CSG. There
may
> be a better way.
>
> > i've got one medium-sized issiehugger that matt giwer gave me in the
> > c.g.r.r. group that i'm willing to trade for this information.
>
> Please ship it back to Tampa, Florida, which is Mr Giwer's residence. You
> don't know what sort of deadly toxins a issiehugger could be containing.
>
> G.
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