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  Re: Using an object as a decal?  
From: Thorsten Froehlich
Date: 27 Jun 2006 04:08:13
Message: <44a0e76d$1@news.povray.org>
Tail Kinker wrote:
> I've been working on some spacecraft, and I've hit a bit of a brick
> wall.  I'd like to put some text on the outside, but the text object
> isn't the handiest for this.  Even when using trace(), the results are
> less than fresh.
> 
> What I'd ideally like to do is to use the text as a decal - change the
> pigment where the text intersects the object to match that of the text.
>  Any ideas as to how I might manage this?

Wouldn't the object_pattern solve your problem?

	Thorsten

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