In article <3c9513dd@news.povray.org>,
 "Patrick Dugan" <pat### [at] netinsnet> wrote:

> Well I want to make a very solid structure (like metal lattice work) but
> have small dents appear here and there in the metal.  Creating a height
> field or iso surface seems a more difficult route. I just want a way to make
> small dents every so often in the surface.  If there was a way to make a
> pigment that was made of polka dots I could replace the polka dot color with
> a transparent color and get the effect I need.

Making the pigment transparent in areas won't look anything like a dent, 
it will just show the inside of the object or show through it. There is 
no way to get a real surface imperfection with a texture effect. You 
might be able to use a mesh.

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