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  Re: Adding an image_map (used to be Re: Do I use Dat2AutoCAD or is there a better way?)
 
Ryan, Put the image_map inside a pigment statement, which is in turn inside the object statement. Like this: object { _screen_ pigment { image_map { gif "classicspacelogo.gif" interpolate 2 filter all 0.8 } } } I'm not sure what you want to do with (...) (23 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Adding an image_map
 
Thanks for the help, Coby! (...) I put this into the pov file and got something to appear on the object. But when I render it, all that you can see of the bitmap is a mess of gray pixels. Cheers, --Ryan (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Adding an image_map
 
Hmmm, a mess of grey pixels isn't good, but at least something appeared on the object so that's a start. I think the next step would be to check the scaling and translation of the map. Here's a pertinent paragraph from the docs: // By default, the (...) (23 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Adding an image_map
 
Okay, I got it to work! I hadn't known that the picture was crammed into the 0,0/1,1 square. So the mass of gray pixels was in fact the picture, tiled beyond recognition. :) Thanks again, Coby! --Ryan (23 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)

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