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26 Apr 2024 11:36:20 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Brick wall with thick glossy paint  
From: Mike Horvath
Date: 28 May 2019 14:17:19
Message: <5ced7b2f$1@news.povray.org>
On 5/28/2019 1:31 PM, Bald Eagle wrote:
> I think you need to use the functions to define a pigment, which is THEN fed
> into the heightfield.
> 
> http://wiki.povray.org/content/HowTo:High_precision_heightfields
> 

That tutorial doesn't show how to pipe the functions back into a 
height_field object. It just shows how to generate a bitmap image that 
is then used in a later step.


> Also, you can use your functions to generate an isosurface directly, which will
> look just like a heightfield.
> 

I am using isosurfaces already, but don't know how to smooth them. I 
posted my code in p.t.s-f.


Michael


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