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28 Jul 2024 18:12:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Bumps, squared.  
From: Trevor G Quayle
Date: 9 Dec 2007 09:50:00
Message: <web.475c0030fb428a642ae8612c0@news.povray.org>
"Greg M. Johnson" <pte### [at] thecommononethatstartswithYcom> wrote:
> I was trying to do some isosurface-like things with some functions.  I
> wanted a pigment pattern which was based on the values generated by bumps
> (or wrinkles, etc)  squared.
>
> I found that I could not get any syntax that would work for declaring a
> function from a pattern and then doing arithmetic operations on it, and
> then using THAT as a pigment pattern.
>
> Help is appreciated, thanks.

Try using the poly_wave waveform modifier.  (I think poly_wave 2 is the one you
want or poly_wave 0.5)

-tgq


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