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  Re: image_map on more than x-y plane?  
From: Warp
Date: 21 Jul 2009 17:50:40
Message: <4a663830@news.povray.org>
rob-p <rob### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> I want to create a rounded cube with one image mapped to all 6 sides. I tried
> using image_map, but this only gives me two (opposite) sides (and one is
> mirrored). I do understand how image_map works, so maybe it is just not the
> right tool for what I want.

> Any help would be appreciated.

  If you are using povray 3.7, you can use the cubic warp to wrap the image
around the cube. (The mapping will be done in the same way as box uv-mapping
does. See the documentation about uv-mapping, more precisely that of the box
primitive, to get an idea.)

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                                                          - Warp


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