"Chris B" <nom### [at] nomailcom> wrote:
> "BoudewijnDocter" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message
> news:web.48772d6758ea35f669b634a70@news.povray.org...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm having trouble using the cutaway_textures feature when trying to cut
> > something with a complex csg. The following simplified code illustrates my
> > problem:
> >
> > #include "colors.inc"
> >
> > camera {location <3,4,-4> look_at 0 }
> > light_source {<10,20,-5>, rgb 3}
> >
> > #declare MyObject = union {
> >  box {<-1,-1,-1>,<1,0,1> pigment {Red} }
> >  box {<-1,0,-1>,<1,1,1> pigment {Blue}}
> > }
> >
> > #declare MyCuttingObject = difference {
> >  cylinder {<0,-2,0>,<0,2,0>,1}
> >  box {<0,-3,-1>,<1,3,0>}
>
> *** Add  pigment {Yellow} here  ***
>
> > }
> >
> > difference {
> >  object {MyObject}
> >  object {MyCuttingObject   *** or here ***}
> >  cutaway_textures
> > }
> >
> > I've got two colored boxes on top of each other, which I want to cut with
> > an
> > object that is a construction of two objects. Obviously I would like to
> > see the
> > colors inside the cut, hence the cutaway_textures, but this doesn't seem
> > to
> > work. Is there anyone who has the golden tip?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Boud
> >
>
> Your cutting object doesn't currently have a texture defined for it, so it
> comes out black. If you add a pigment it should work.
>
> Regards,
> Chris B.

Thanks for your quick reply, but it doesn't seem to solve the problem.
Now the inside becomes Yellow, so the cutaway_textures does not seem to do
anything. Is this a bug? What version should I use? I'm currently running
V3.6.1 for Windows

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