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From: krus
Subject: Re: Heighfields -are they meshes or 'just' textures?
Date: 15 Aug 2002 08:00:09
Message: <web.3d5b96a7e9a1db2d2f4bd1e30@news.povray.org>
Marc-Hendrik Bremer wrote:
>"krus" <nomail[at]nomail> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>news:web.3d5b72eee9a1db2d2f4bd1e30[at]news.povray.org...
>
>> But if i ad a file:
>>
>> HF_Square(function {HF_Fn(x, y, z).gray}, false, false, <100, 100>,
>> true, "myMapMesh", < 0, 0, 0>, < 1, 1, 1>)
>>
>> -I get a parse-error:
>> " expected 'object' translate found instead"
>>
>
>That's because no object is defined. The mesh is written to the file but not
>build in memory. To use it you have to include it, like
>
>object{#include"myMapMesh" translate ...}.
>
>> I do have a problem with that file though -What is the file-type (eg
>> extension) for this file (believe it to be a mesh2-file? a .wrl-file?)
>
>It's pov-script, as if you would build the mesh by hand. I don't know if
>converters exist allready, but as it's all text, it should be possible to
>convert it.
>
>Marc-Hendrik
>

Thank You! Marc
I think I will open a new Q for the convert problem because it is quite
different from this my first Q and meight have general interest also for
search later on the DB

regards krus


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