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30 Jul 2024 20:32:03 EDT (-0400)
  Re: looks_like?  
From: Bill Hails
Date: 10 Oct 2003 15:45:04
Message: <3f870c40@news.povray.org>
Warp wrote:

>   These two constructs are practically identical in functionality:
> 
> light_source
> { LIGHT_LOCATION, COLOR
>   looks_like { OBJECT }
> }
> 
> =
> 
> union
> { light_source { LIGHT_LOCATION, COLOR }
>   object { OBJECT shadowless translate LIGHT_LOCATION }
> }
> 
>   I hope this helps clearing out how looks_like works.
> 
>   (The bit that confuses most new (and even some old) users is the
> implicit translation of the looks_like object.)
> 

Thanks, I'd kind of assumed it was the light source that got
translated to the object's position, but then in my current use of it
I have the two locations the same to start off with.

-- 
Bill Hails


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