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  Re: Feature Re-requests - Normal Map and Displacement Map Support  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 2 Feb 2008 10:03:22
Message: <47a4863a@news.povray.org>

> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
>> #declare Fn = object_function(SomeShape, x, y, z);
>> isosurface {
>>      function { Fn(x-0.5, z, y)*(1-clock) + Fn(x+0.5, y, z)*clock }
>>      ...
>> }
> 
> the funny thing is:  the object pattern doesn't work as an isosurface function.
> Bummer...

The object pattern only calculates if some point is inside the object or 
not. You need more than that for isosurfaces to work; which is what I'm 
suggesting :)


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