> I've only lately realized that the BOXED pattern can be used (with an image_map)
> as a way to place a decal on an object--sticking the image onto only a *single*
> surface in a particular location. (A more-or-less flat surface, of course, to
> avoid distortion.) The tail number on my B-29 bomber is an example. I don't know
> why this idea never occurred to me before; it's so obvious now(!)-- maybe I'm
> the last person on the planet to know. But it doesn't immediately spring to mind
> when reading the bare-bones documentation. Some newsgroup posts of the past have
> given clues, but I never picked up on them.  :-(  I've included my example scene
> below, to help others who may not have realized its potential.
>

Let see, render with +ua and another color_map for the cells pattern and 
some other image_map.
Change the name.
Render again with the previous image.


Alain

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