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  Re: drawing a grid on playing board  
From: Alain
Date: 3 Apr 2006 19:40:49
Message: <4431b281$1@news.povray.org>
Warp nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 02/04/2006 05:13:
> lifesayko <lif### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> 
>> For the individual squares I'm making one #declare, then using the objects.
>>However, in this way, the texture is always the same (I'm using a
>>woodgrain), which, when you consider 19x19=361 squares + the outside of the
>>board, gets quite repetitive.  Is there a way to have it switch textures
>>whithin the same object? Or do I have to create several objects?
> 
> 
>   I just created 1 box for the whole board, and then "inlaid" 19*2 thin
> boxes for the lines and 9 thin cylinders for the hoshi markers. This way
> the board can have one big contiguous wood texture (which in fact
> corresponds with reality, assuming the board has been made of one single
> piece of wood).
> 
Another way is to put all small boxes in one union and apply your wood tecture to that
union. This 
way, your texture will continue from one small box to the next.

-- 
Alain
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