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18 Aug 2024 08:22:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Q on working with height_field's  
From: Josh English
Date: 18 May 2001 14:24:44
Message: <3B05680A.360B8312@spiritone.com>
Thomas Lake wrote:

> I'm wondering if it is possible to access any of the elevation data that
> pov-ray creates when parsing a height_field. When I say elevation data I
> simply mean all the y components of the triangles that pov-ray produces from
> a heightfield. This would be useful for placing objects on heightfiels, for
> example a grass macro that placed a blade of grass at the same height as the
> triangles on a heightfield.

I'm working on a new version of my grass macro that can use the trace function
to place grass on any object. It works quite well.

Josh English


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