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From: TonyB
Date: 6 Feb 2000 12:52:15
Message: <389db4cf@news.povray.org>
>This is my first success with my visibility pattern. It is supposed to
>be copper or a copper alloy with a patina on it, worn away in exposed
>areas. The syntax is simple, this is the code that produced this image:
>I had to make the object be specified as a parameter, otherwise it
>didn't work with CSG objects. I am not sure why, though. And a possible
>problem with this syntax: although it gives you more control over the
>objects that affect the pattern, you can't just define a texture and
>have it work for all objects. :-(

Couldn't you just make two separate versions? One for non-CSG and one for
that specific purpose? Could you make an example with an isosurface? Oh, and
why didn't you name it "patina"?


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