In article <38F1FE1D.C8F08B1E@x-press.net>, daishi <das### [at] x-pressnet> 
wrote:

> also pov has nothing like displacement shaders, which allow you to 
> physiclly alter the surface of an object based on whatever you tell 
> it to do, examples include hair shaders, shaders that can create a 3d 
> weave pattern on an object (or based upon the shape of the object 
> depending upon the shader), etc etc

Displacement shaders would not be possible in the current POV-Ray, 
because most of the shapes are not reduced to triangles but are rendered 
directly. However, you should be able to use a shader in a pigment 
function, and use that function in an isosurface...

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