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  Re: image map inside a cylinder?  
From: Ken
Date: 27 Apr 2003 02:36:53
Message: <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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