"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message 
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> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:52:29 EST, "Cerambycideh" <nomail@nomail>
> wrote:
>
>>Thanks for the reply, Chris. I don't need the event tent to be too 
>>realistic,

Glad you said that :-)

>>but would like it to be better than a stacked cube and pyramid.  I don't 
>>need
>>folds around the openings, I'll just difference out a doorway. The folds I 
>>was
>>thinking of are just the 'waves' in the canvas near the bottom of tents. 
>>I'll
>>have a look at the tool you mention to see if it can generate this.

I've posted a couple of images that I did by quickly playing around with the 
Labeller macro on povray.binaries.images (See 'Event' Tent Ideas). If they 
come anywhere close to what you want I can post the settings and the design 
file so you can play about with them (you'll also need the Labeller download 
I mentioned before).

>> I figured
>>somone must have seen or used a large-tent object before.  If I can't find
>>anything and end up creating this from scratch I'll be sure to post it for
>>future users.
>>   Thanks.
>>
>
> If that is all you want then "normals" in the texture might be a quick
> and easy way for you to do it. In the docs look at the phase,
> tutorial. It is for an animation but the principle can be applied to
> stills.
> -- 
>
> Regards
>     Stephen

The images I posted use a simple 'wrinkles' normal, but, as Stephen says, 
you should be able to adjust that to achieve the sort of folds you're after.

Regards,
Chris B.

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