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  Re: Wrapping a HF around a Cylinder  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 2 Nov 2001 12:10:08
Message: <3BE2D369.102908E2@gmx.de>
Cris Williams wrote:
> 
> I seem to recall someone describing a way to wrap a heightfield around a
> cylinder.  Does anyone else remember this, or was I just dreaming?

There's a HF_Cylinder macro in Povray 3.5 shapes.inc that generates a
mesh.  Apart from that you can also use an isosurface with an image
map/image_pattern function.

Christoph

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