Am 27.07.2017 um 19:33 schrieb Sven Littkowski:

> Actually, the NASA files seem to be massive blocks just with that
> planetary surface, but I am understanding now that they are just hollow
> triangle meshes. I wished,
> 
> POV-Ray would offer an easier way to replace one of the surfaces of a
> box with a heightfield or mesh structure. His way is complicated - at
> least for me. never done anything like that before. But then again,
> mankind never explored space and other celestial bodies before, and now
> we do. So I have to learn Clipka's procedures, too.

With NASA's meshes being genuine boxes, things get a good deal easier:
All you need to do is add `inside_vector WHATEVER` to the mesh, with
WHATEVER being an arbitrary vector.

Post a reply to this message