On Tue, 25 Jan 2000 03:28:37 -0800, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:

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>Remco de Korte wrote:
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>> Would it be stupid to use a heightfield for this?
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>> Remco
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>It would be difficult. The effect he wants is engraving rather than raised
>areas. HF's would not apply well in this application I do not believe.

Actually a HF is a very good idea for this case. The whole blade (half
of it anyway) can be modelled using a HF. Or, the HF clipping trick
can be used -- make a union of the HF clipped by the blade and the
blade clipped by the HF (see hfclip.pov in the standard demo files).


Peter Popov
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