Hi,

----- "Melchior FRANZ" a écrit :

> * Detlef Faber -- Tuesday 19 May 2009:
> > This means while trying to pass beneath a bridge, geo.elevation
> returns
> > the heigth of thebridge which will obviously stop the walker from
> moving ahead.
> 
> But geo.elevation() has an optional third argument that defines from
> which altitude
> down the intersection test should be made. Default is 10 km, but you
> can start
> from, say, 1.5 m above the walker's altitude. If there's an
> intersection, then
> s/he can climb up, otherwise it's an obstacle. And that should also
> work in
> hangars or under bridges.
> 
> m.
> 
> 
> PS: yes, I forgot to mention this little detail in the geo.nas header.

Mathias or Tim will comment that: Maybe we could distinguish terrain and models 
in the traversal mask ? For the moment, every solid models has the terrain bit. 
Then geo.elevation() could accept a parameter that tells if it search terrain 
or solid objects.

-Fred

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