"Lace" <lab### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Was your code completely identical to the doc's code?  I ask because the order
> > of transformations is significant - applying the same transformations in a
> > different order *will not* yield the same result.  Rotations occur around the
> > 'universe' axes, not ones local to the shape.  For this reason, I find it
> > helpful to create an object around the origin, rotate it appropriately, then
> > translate it into place.
> >
> > Also, could you post the relevant code (particularly your camera setup if your
> > code was identical to the above).
> >
> > -Reactor
>
>
> Hi there Reactor,
>
> Here is the above tutorial:
> torus {
>   3, 11
>   pigment { color Yellow }
>   scale <1.5,1,1>
>   rotate <-45,0,0>
>   translate <0,2,0>
> }
>
> And here is my copy of the tutorial:
>
> torus {
>   3, 2
>   pigment {
> granite //*as you can see I tweaked the pigment because using {color yellow}
> would not work*\\
>   scale <1,5,1> //*the 1.5 works just the same as 1*\\
>   rotate <-45,0,0>
>   translate <0,2,0>
> }
>
> }
> //*I used the tutorial camera settings*\\
> camera {
> location <2,5,-10>
> look_at <0,0,0>
> }
> //*My fiance from the POV groups says may there be light so I added more light
> than usual :)*\\
> light_source {
> <0,10,-10>
> color rgb <2.0,2.8,2.0>
> }
>
> Well this is what I did with the torus. In the tutorial the torus shape looks
> lopsided which is really cool but I don't understand why it isn't shaping out
> on my end. With the box and trying to rotate it on it's axis, I haven't done
> much to it yet but here is the code for that (I kept it just like the tutorial
> version for camera position):
>
> camera {
>   location <2,5,-10>
>   look_at <0,0,0>
> }
>
>
> light_source {
>   <10,-10,-10>
>   color rgb <1.0,2.0,1.0>
> }
>
>
> box {
>   <0,0,0>, 3
>   pigment { color rgb <1.0,0.2,1.0> }
>   rotate <-45,0,0>
>   translate <0,2,0>
> }
>
> I hope that you can help, it is much appreciated!
> Thanks,
> Lace


The problem with the first block is that the transformation is applied to the
pigment, not the object.  Correct indentation can help prevent these kind of
mistakes.  Your code is currently like this:

torus {
3, 2
    pigment {
        granite
        scale <1,5,1>
        rotate <-45,0,0>
        translate <0,2,0>
    }
}

I think you meant this:

torus {
    3, 2
    pigment { granite }
    scale <1.5,1,1>
    rotate <-45,0,0>
    translate <0,2,0>
}

Note the placement of the curly braces.


-Reactor

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