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18 Jun 2024 01:59:33 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Subsurface Light Transport and mesh2  
From: clipka
Date: 26 Mar 2012 20:24:18
Message: <4f7108b2$1@news.povray.org>
Am 26.03.2012 20:31, schrieb James Holsenback:
> On 03/25/2012 08:37 PM, clipka wrote:
>> OK, here's the deal: To avoid SSLT seams between multiple objects, they
>> currently must /share/ a common interior - it's not sufficient to have
>> interiors with identical parameters, or even instances of the same
>> #define'd interior. The only way to achieve this is to specify the
>> interior in the parent CSG rather than the individual primitives.
>>
>> Thus, to get the desired results, you need to:
>>
>> - REMOVE any interior statements from the material.
>> - ADD the interior statement to the union or merge.
>> - For each part that needs a different ior (e.g. eyelashes or teeth) add
>> an individual interior statement.
>
> Seems to me the above might make an excellent addition to the
> documentation ... whata ya think?

I expect to lift this limitation some time in the future, but yes - 
until then it's probably a good idea to officially document this 
restriction.


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