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16 May 2024 21:46:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Sci-Fi Scene Assets  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 28 Feb 2021 02:19:51
Message: <603b4417@news.povray.org>
Op 27/02/2021 om 11:19 schreef Kenneth:
[snip]
> Btw, I'm using trace's returned surface NORMAL only as a 'switch', to make sure
> that any *missed* traces don't result in greebles being placed at the <0,0,0>
> origin instead. The docs give an example of this. Otherwise, that normal isn't
> usually needed. Unfortunately, the only example of the trace command's use in
> the documentation concerns using that normal to actually *create* the
> greeble-like object. That's rather limiting; in most cases, it's easier and more
> logical to make such an object beforehand, IMO.
> 

I use trace pretty much like you; I don't remember where and if I got an 
example, but I am pretty sure you can use the surface normal generated 
by trace to positioning correctly the greebles an a slanted surface.

-- 
Thomas


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