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21 May 2024 13:22:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: looks_like  
From: Stephen
Date: 14 Jan 2016 17:31:50
Message: <569821d6$1@news.povray.org>
On 1/14/2016 8:40 PM, clipka wrote:
> 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.
>

It is years since I have used looks_like or projected_through. My memory 
fails. Good job we have documentation.

-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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