Wolf Manos wrote:
>
> First of all 'thank you' to all the people answering on my previous post!
> This kind of support in newsgroups is just amazing !
>
> I don't know if this is the right forum for my next question:
>
> if I invoke the 'Help on POVRay Scene Language' from inside POVRay I get an
> error message:
> An error exists in this Help file. Contact your application vendor for
> an updated Help file (1024)
>
> Any idea?
Does this also occur if you open the help file from your explorer/file manager ?
>
> While I am at it ;-)
> I was looking for the 'cylinder description' in the help file ... can I
> somehow effect the 'thickness' of the cylinder wall, or do I have to do this
> by doing an intersecion of 2 cylinders ???
>
short answer: Yes.
longer answer: That's due to the concept of raytracing, all objects have
infinetly thin walls, so you always have to use "closed surfaces" to get objects
with thickness. (imagine drawing only with a thin pen)
Christoph
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