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From: Mark Thomas
Subject: How do I create my own surface?
Date: 15 Feb 2000 08:52:55
Message: <01bf77bb$f2ead850$6029e783@s006lab25>

I want to create a flat surface with a cuboid on top.  I also know 
exactly how the roughness of the surface is.  However, I don't know of 
the best way to do this in POV-Ray.  At the moment, I am using a union 
of cuboids to form the surface but wondered if there's a better way to 
do it.

Can anyone help, please?

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From: Bob Hughes
Subject: Re: How do I create my own surface?
Date: 15 Feb 2000 14:06:12
Message: <38a9a3a4@news.povray.org>

Would it be possible to post a sketch of it at the binaries.images group?  I
can't visualize what you're after there.  Might help others to see too, plus
others might be able to actually help, not so sure about me.

Bob

"Mark Thomas" <a.b### [at] ccom> wrote in message
news:01bf77bb$f2ead850$6029e783@s006lab25...
I want to create a flat surface with a cuboid on top.  I also know exactly how
the roughness of the surface is.  However, I don't know of the best way to do
this in POV-Ray.  At the moment, I am using a union of cuboids to form the
surface but wondered if there's a better way to do it.

Can anyone help, please?

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From: Chris Huff
Subject: Re: How do I create my own surface?
Date: 16 Feb 2000 15:58:07
Message: <chrishuff_99-688332.15592016022000@news.povray.org>

In article <01bf77bb$f2ead850$6029e783@s006lab25>, "Mark Thomas" 
<a.b### [at] ccom> wrote:

> I want to create a flat surface with a cuboid on top.  I also know 
> exactly how the roughness of the surface is.  However, I don't know of 
> the best way to do this in POV-Ray.  At the moment, I am using a union of 
> cuboids to form the surface but wondered if there's a better way to do 
> it.

Could you explain what you want a little more clearly? I am not quite 
sure what you want...
Do you want a box shape sitting on a bumpy surface? In that case, a 
height_field and a box should work.

-- 
Chris Huff
e-mail: chr### [at] yahoocom
Web page: http://chrishuff.dhs.org/

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From: Your Name
Subject: Re: How do I create my own surface?
Date: 21 Feb 2000 05:26:55
Message: <01bf7c56$28a18950$6223e783@maph02>

What I actually need to do is to draw a surface in 3D with roughness on 
it.  The surface is actually one that is being eroded in the atmosphere. 
 I have managed to do it now, thanks.

Mark

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