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  Re: image map inside a cylinder?  
From: Alan Walkington
Date: 27 Apr 2003 15:27:17
Message: <3eac2f15$1@news.povray.org>
Thanks, Ken ... That's a starting place!
Alan

"Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
news:3EAB7A42.BFBB87C0@pacbell.net...
>
>
> Alan Walkington wrote:
> >
> > Maybe not an image map.  I want to engrave initials and a date inside a
> > wedding ring.  The ring is the difference between a torus and a
cylinder.
> >
> > Haven't a clue where to start ... I tried with an image map, but I've no
> > idea how to get it inside, not outside, the cylinder.  Anyway, I really
> > should change the image to a height map and use it to 'engrave' the date
and
> > initials inside the ring.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> I seem to recall that there is a macro in shapes.inc that will allow you
to create
> text in a circle. You can then difference that from the inside of your
ring. The only
> thing I don't know is if the macro is flexible enough to create an inverse
circle
> of text but it is worth exploring.
>
> --
> Ken Tyler


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