"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
> I was trying to work out how to create a paneled cylindrical tank, like at an
> old petroleum refinery - riveted panels of sheet metal, and decided that an
> image map with a cylinder warp would be the way to go.
>
> When done improperly, POV-Ray crashes.
> A slight change, and it works fine.
>
> The image map I am using is 960 x 480, but I'm sure any image map you use for
> testing ought to be fine, as it's the construct / syntax that breaks it, not the
> image file.
>
> I can post the image map and the screen shot of the error if necessary.
>
>
> #version 3.8;
> #declare SDL = true;
>
> global_settings {assumed_gamma 1.0}
>
> #declare Origin = <0, 0, 0>;
> #declare Feet = 12;
> #declare Meters = 39.37;
> #declare Miles = 5280*Feet;
>
> light_source { <0, 50*Miles, -1*Miles>  color rgb <1, 1, 1>}
>
>
>   #declare Location = <0, 30*Feet, -30*3*Feet>;
>   #declare LookAt = <0, 12*Feet, 0>;
>
>
> #declare Camera_Aspect_Ratio = image_width/image_height;
> #declare Camera_Zoom = 1;
>
> camera {
>   location Location
>  look_at  LookAt
>  right x*image_width/image_height
>  up y // vertical size of view
> }
>
> #declare TankTex =
> texture {
>  pigment {image_map {png "_Riveted_Panel.png"}
>   //translate -0.5
>   //rotate x*90
>   //scale <.3/pi, 1, 90>
>   //translate -z*40
>   warp {
>    cylindrical
>    orientation y
>    dist_exp 300
>   }
>  }
> }
>
> #declare TankH = 24*Feet;
> #declare TankR = 27*Feet;
>
> cylinder {Origin, y+<0, TankH, 0> 1
> scale <TankR, 1, TankR> // scaling before texture causes crash
> texture {TankTex}
> //scale <TankR, 1, TankR> // after is fine
> }

if you scale the texture too it will render.

cylinder {Origin, y+<0, TankH, 0> 1
scale <TankR, 1, TankR> // scaling before texture causes crash
texture {TankTex scale <TankR, 1, TankR> }
//scale <TankR, 1, TankR> // after is fine

i have absolutely no idea what this implies.

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