On 06/21/2013 11:40 AM, Stephen wrote:
> On 21/06/2013 3:08 PM, James Holsenback wrote:
>>>
>>> I would like to see an example using cylindrical mapping so that image
>>> was fully visible on only part of the surface.
>>>
>>
>> a little more information on the topic:
>>
>> http://wiki.povray.org/content/Knowledgebase:Language_Questions_and_Tips#Topic_15
>>
>>
>
> I'm glad your here.
> The documentation, with example, describes perfectly how to do it.
>
> It must have been years since I wanted to do this.
>

yeah ... i'm curious why the orig poster got his example to work using 
planar map_type and spherical warp. there MUST be some other unknowns 
going on. many moons ago i placed a label on cylinder shape (horizontal 
orientation) using method above ... iirc i used map_type 2 and some 
uneven scaling, with translate

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