Chuck Roberts wrote:
> 
> I'm using the Galaxy maker to make a BMP of a space background. But when
> I map it to a plane, POV for windows 3.02 gives me an illegal operation.
> How do I use a BMP as a background to a plane where Z is the plane
> normal?


 plane { z, 1.0
  texture {
    pigment {
      image_map { sys "c:\images\galaxy.bmp"  map_type 0 interpolate 2 once
     }
   }
  }
 clipped_by {box { <0, 0, -1>, <1, 1, 1> } }
}

You are probably not including the path to the bit map image. If it is not
in one of your library paths or in the same diectroy as the .pov file pov
does not know where to find it. See example above for syntax.

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Ken Tyler

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