David Given <dg### [at] cowlarkcom> wrote:
> Okay, here's a very noddy question:
>
> I have an object with complex textures attached to it. I wish to render
> the object with different, much simpler textures (a simple pigment, in
> fact). However, if I try to create an instance of the object with my new
> texture, I just get the error:
>
>     Parse Error: Cannot layer over a patterned texture.
>
> For various reasons I can't change the original object.
>
> Is there any way to get Povray to create a new instance of an object,
> discarding all the texture information and letting me replace it with
> new textures?
>
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Perhaps you could use #if...#else...#end, something like this:

#declare use_simple_texture=1;

object{
  my_object
  #if (use_simple_texture=1)
    texture{simple_texture}
  #else
    texture{complex_texture}
  #end
}

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