I have a complicated shape, and it is critical to become one object,
instead of some objects, because it is glass. when I try it, it also
shows
internal divisions. how do I get rid of them?

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Eitan Tal wrote:
> 
> I have a complicated shape, and it is critical to become one object,
> instead of some objects, because it is glass. when I try it, it also
> shows
> internal divisions. how do I get rid of them?
> 
> for more details: image / sourcecode contact me by ICQ: 1515298

Without the code we can rarely tell what's wrong, so maybe post it to
povray.text.scene-files.  

Christoph

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In article <3A6C65A3.7CCD5C6D@netvision.net.il>, Eitan Tal 
<eit### [at] netvisionnetil> wrote:

> I have a complicated shape, and it is critical to become one object, 
> instead of some objects, because it is glass. when I try it, it also 
> shows internal divisions. how do I get rid of them?

Is WindowGlass supposed to be the merged shape? It is "union" in your 
code...
I changed RawMaterial to a merge object and didn't see any lines, but 
making WindowGlass a merge probably won't work as expected since most of 
the pieces are meshes, and as far as POV is concerned, meshes don't have 
a separate "inside" and "outside"...you might want to try MegaPOV, which 
has a method of figuring out an "inside" for most meshes.
I did see a lighter colored area at the bottom, but it looks like a 
reflection...could that be the "internal division" you were talking 
about? Or was it the "gems" in the window?

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thank you for replying, but the code had changed since then.
should I post the update? I already changed it to merge,
and those lines (not the gems) still appear.
if you want to remove the gems, just comment all: object {BigGem? / Gem??
translate <...>}
under WindowGlass, or just change from object {WindowGlass .....} to:

object {RawMaterial scale <0.5,0.5,0.25> translate <-5.25,-6.0,Size>}

Chris Huff wrote:

> In article <3A6C65A3.7CCD5C6D@netvision.net.il>, Eitan Tal
> <eit### [at] netvisionnetil> wrote:
>
> > I have a complicated shape, and it is critical to become one object,
> > instead of some objects, because it is glass. when I try it, it also
> > shows internal divisions. how do I get rid of them?
>
> Is WindowGlass supposed to be the merged shape? It is "union" in your
> code...
> I changed RawMaterial to a merge object and didn't see any lines, but
> making WindowGlass a merge probably won't work as expected since most of
> the pieces are meshes, and as far as POV is concerned, meshes don't have
> a separate "inside" and "outside"...you might want to try MegaPOV, which
> has a method of figuring out an "inside" for most meshes.
> I did see a lighter colored area at the bottom, but it looks like a
> reflection...could that be the "internal division" you were talking
> about? Or was it the "gems" in the window?
>
> --
> Christopher James Huff
> Personal: chr### [at] maccom, http://homepage.mac.com/chrishuff/
> TAG: chr### [at] tagpovrayorg, http://tag.povray.org/
>
> <><

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well, that was one dumb question!!!
I could simply fill it out with a most complicated object called "Box"!

union {
//  object {RawMaterial texture {G_Background}}
  box {<0,0,0>,<25,30,1> texture {G_Background}}

heheh, thank you for your help, anyways :-)

Eitan Tal wrote:

> I have a complicated shape, and it is critical to become one object,
> instead of some objects, because it is glass. when I try it, it also
> shows
> internal divisions. how do I get rid of them?
>
> for more details: image / sourcecode contact me by ICQ: 1515298

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