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31 Jul 2024 06:17:16 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Checkered Sphere  
From: Jim Charter
Date: 24 Sep 2007 12:03:54
Message: <46f7dfea$1@news.povray.org>

> Hi everybody,
> 
> since everybody knows how to render a reflective sphere on a checkered 
> floor, I wonder how to make a checkered sphere. Since map_type 1 only 
> works only with pigment or texture maps, how do I map the checkered
> pattern correctly onto a sphere?
> 
> Maybe someone could be so kind and explain it?
> 
> GreetZ
> Matthias
You have to decide what is 'correct'  You mean like latitude nad longitude?

Try this in the docs:
3.5.12.6.5  Mapping using warps


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