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5 Sep 2024 18:23:21 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Solid height_field?  
From: Peter Popov
Date: 7 Nov 1999 03:26:45
Message: <3825376f.18108809@204.213.191.228>
On Sun, 7 Nov 1999 04:33:18 -0000, "Tom Melly" <tom### [at] tomandluf9couk>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Is there any way to make a solid height_field, so that if you difference
>from it (for example, a footprint), you would get an indent (unless you're
>Ken), and not a hole.
>
>If not, what is the best approach to this problem?

A height_field *is* solid -- it extends from its surface down to the
x-z plane. In the standard distro there's a demo scene called
"hf_clip.pov" or "hfclip.pov" or something like that which
demonstrated how to use this feature.


Peter Popov
ICQ: 15002700


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