I was trying to work out how to create a paneled cylindrical tank, like at an
old petroleum refinery - riveted panels of sheet metal, and decided that an
image map with a cylinder warp would be the way to go.

When done improperly, POV-Ray crashes.
A slight change, and it works fine.

The image map I am using is 960 x 480, but I'm sure any image map you use for
testing ought to be fine, as it's the construct / syntax that breaks it, not the
image file.

I can post the image map and the screen shot of the error if necessary.


#version 3.8;
#declare SDL = true;

global_settings {assumed_gamma 1.0}

#declare Origin = <0, 0, 0>;
#declare Feet = 12;
#declare Meters = 39.37;
#declare Miles = 5280*Feet;

light_source { <0, 50*Miles, -1*Miles>  color rgb <1, 1, 1>}


  #declare Location = <0, 30*Feet, -30*3*Feet>;
  #declare LookAt = <0, 12*Feet, 0>;


#declare Camera_Aspect_Ratio = image_width/image_height;
#declare Camera_Zoom = 1;

camera {
  location Location
 look_at  LookAt
 right x*image_width/image_height
 up y // vertical size of view
}

#declare TankTex =
texture {
 pigment {image_map {png "_Riveted_Panel.png"}
  //translate -0.5
  //rotate x*90
  //scale <.3/pi, 1, 90>
  //translate -z*40
  warp {
   cylindrical
   orientation y
   dist_exp 300
  }
 }
}

#declare TankH = 24*Feet;
#declare TankR = 27*Feet;

cylinder {Origin, y+<0, TankH, 0> 1
scale <TankR, 1, TankR> // scaling before texture causes crash
texture {TankTex}
//scale <TankR, 1, TankR> // after is fine
}

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