Hi List!
I am not sure if I asked this before (I remember experiencing the same some time ago, but could not find anything in the archive). If I use an alias pointing to another alias, should this work? E.g.:
void plastic my_mat
0
5 .3 .2 .1 .2 0
void alias lars_mat my_mat
void alias new_mat lars_mat
Should the modifier new_mad be valid, with the same properties as my_mat? I am experiencing that this does not work.
TIA+CU Lars.
Hi Lars,
I think that you need to use the "inherit" modifier on the second "alias" as follows"
inherit alias new_mat lars_mat
-Jack
Lars O. Grobe wrote:
···
Hi List!
I am not sure if I asked this before (I remember experiencing the same some time ago, but could not find anything in the archive). If I use an alias pointing to another alias, should this work? E.g.:
void plastic my_mat
0
5 .3 .2 .1 .2 0
void alias lars_mat my_mat
void alias new_mat lars_mat
Should the modifier new_mad be valid, with the same properties as my_mat? I am experiencing that this does not work.
TIA+CU Lars.
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I think that you need to use the "inherit" modifier on the second "alias" as follows"
Hi Jack,
thank you for this, I was not even aware of this "new" (as of 3.5) modifier, I really should read the release notes more carefully.
CU Lars.
Hi Lars,
This feature is designed to enable things like the following:
void brightfunc bf.mod
(...)
bf.mod colorfunc cf.mod
(...)
cf.mod plastic p.name
(...)
inherit alias my.name p.name
This way my.name includes all the modifiers, whereas:
void alias my.name p.name
would only include the plastic material without any modifiers.
-Jack
Lars O. Grobe wrote:
···
I think that you need to use the "inherit" modifier on the second "alias" as follows"
Hi Jack,
thank you for this, I was not even aware of this "new" (as of 3.5) modifier, I really should read the release notes more carefully.
CU Lars.
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