POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : looks_like : Re: looks_like Server Time
21 May 2024 22:56:42 EDT (-0400)
  Re: looks_like  
From: clipka
Date: 14 Jan 2016 15:40:46
Message: <569807ce$1@news.povray.org>
Am 14.01.2016 um 18:58 schrieb Stephen:

>> My initial thought is that looks_like should automatically set
>> "no_shadow on"
>> (and also "no_radiosity on") for the object; if that doesn't happen, I
>> guess it
>> should be considered a bug. I'll need to look it up in the docs myself
>> though.
> 
> Is that not for "projected_through"?
> Which might be a solution.

"There is an implied no_shadow attached to the looks_like object so that
light is not blocked by the object."

The projected_through object has an implied no_whatsoever: It is never
inserted into the scene as a regular object, and only contributes as
part of a special feature -- similar to object specified in bounded_by,
object patterns, and other odds & ends.


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