Thorsten Froehlich wrote:
> 
> In article <3766F4D6.DFC19439@Kopp.com> , Nathan Kopp <Nat### [at] Koppcom>
> wrote:
> 
> > That's how you do layered textures.  And this parser keeps looking harder
> > and harder to fix.  :-(  ...and it looked so easy at first.
> 
> Yes, layered textures _inside_ object declarations, but if I read this right
> 
> #declare T_Wood34 =
> texture { T_Wood32 }
> texture  { ... }
> 
> should (or will) only declare
> 
> #declare T_Wood34 =
> texture { T_Wood32 }
> 
> and I suppose that the parser complains about the second texture { ... } if
> the #if .. #end isn't there.  I would suggest to declare each of the
> textures and then use each of them in the object which still gives a layered
> texture.
> 
>     Thorsten
> 
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  Dating back at least as far as Pov v2.2 it has been valid to declare
textures as previously illustrated i.e.

#declare T1 = 
texture { ... }
texture { ... }

object { thing texture { T1 }}

  I have designed and used so many layered textures this way I can verify it's
legitimacy.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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