In article <MPG.230949afe1f58a8f98a18c@news.povray.org>, 
sel### [at] rraznet says...
> #declare t_sculpty = texture {
>  pigment {
>    average
>    pigment_map {
>      [1 gradient x color_map {[0 rgb 0][1 rgb <1,0,0>]}]
>      [1 gradient y color_map {[0 rgb 0][1 rgb <0,0,1>]}]
>      [1 gradient z color_map {[0 rgb 0][1 rgb <0,1,0>]}]
>    }
>    translate -0.5
>  }
>  finish { ambient 3 diffuse 0 }
> }
> 
> object {My_Tingy //Some CSG or mesh object, or media container.
>  no_image
>  no_shadow
>  texture { t_sculpty }
>  hollow
> }
> 
> sphere { 0, 1.001 inverse
>  finish { ambient 0 diffuse 0 reflection 1 }
>  no_reflection
> }
> 
> camera { spherical location 0 look_at z*-1 }
> 
Well, this nearly works.. Getting the scale right so I don't get 
overlaps and other glitches that mangle the final result is problematic, 
but using the above, with this object:

object {cylinder{-.4,.4,.1} //Some CSG or mesh object, or media 
container.
 no_image
 no_shadow
 texture { t_sculpty }
 hollow
}

Produces something "similar" to a cylinder. lol Images of the map and 
the result, displayed in a sculpty editor called Tatara are in images as 
SL_Sculpty.

The black and white points shouldn't really be there, which is part of 
the problem, but a more rounded shape shouldn't do that (I would hope). 
However, it "does" require that you "flip" the image, otherwise the 
program, and SL, produces something that is inside out. Can probably fix 
that by adjusting the camera, or something, but I have no idea what 
causes it, or how one does fix it. A "box" produces a similar odd 
result, once adjusted so no radical overlap colors happen (Too big and 
you get echos, even though the reflection is off... No idea why.), the 
corners are messed up.. Still, this can get "close" to the right 
results, which is better than what I was dealing with before. lol Oh, 
and a torus, doesn't work so well...

Still need to test media, but this looks promising, if I can just figure 
out how and why things go wrong. ;)

-- 
void main () {

    if version = "Vista" {
      call slow_by_half();
      call DRM_everything();
    }
    call functional_code();
  }
  else
    call crash_windows();
}

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