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1 Aug 2024 04:18:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: cannot open png file  
From: Chris B
Date: 5 Apr 2006 06:38:12
Message: <44339e14$1@news.povray.org>
"cpmac" <web### [at] cpmaccom> wrote in message 
news:web.44339a126679399260277a370@news.povray.org...
> Hello
> I'm trying to experiment with including bimaps.
> I've used the following code but get the message
> parse error cannot open png file.
> The file renders correctly if I put a simple pigment instead of the 
> texture.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> #declare panel= prism {
>    linear_sweep
>    linear_spline
>    0, // sweep the following shape from here ...
>    0.01, // ... up through here
>    4, // the number of points making up the shape ...
>    <0,0>, <2,0>, <2,2>, <0,2>
>     texture {
>    pigment{ image_map { png "/noddy2.png" }
>    }
> rotate<-90,0,0>
> translate<0,6,0>
> scale 0.5
>  }
>

I think the forward slash is the problem. I removed it and it parsed without 
error on Windows, finding a png file in the same directory as the pov file.
You're also missing a closing curly bracket on the pigment.

Regards,
Chris B.


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