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  Re: Questions on CSG Tutorial in help file  
From: PixelDust
Date: 31 Oct 2000 17:12:23
Message: <39ff43c7@news.povray.org>
Thanks - I'll try that!


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PixelDust
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"Lutz Kretzschmar" <lut### [at] stmuccom> wrote in message
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> Hi PixelDust, you recently wrote in moray.win:
>
> > The tutorial
> > says to put the UpperArm group inside the ArmHolder group, and then
assign
> > the ChromeLook material to just the UpperArm group. However, when I do
that,
> > it assigns the Chrome material to the parent group too (the ArmHolder
> > group), which is supposed to have the BodyTxtr material on it.
> When you assign the material, make sure that UpperArm is the selected
> object (i.e. the Name display on the Modify Tab reads 'UpperArm'. I
> suspect that you are simply clicking on UpperArm in the list of
> subobjects while ArmHolder is selected. This does not select UpperArm
> and therefore if you then assign a texture, it is assigned to
> ArmHolder. In this case when you select UpperArm, it will show
> [ChromeLook]. Notice the square brackets around the texture name. This
> means that the object is inheriting the texture.
>
> - Lutz
>   email : lut### [at] stmuccom
>   Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray


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