Dan Connelly wrote:
> 
> This is pretty trivial with #macro, union, and polygon.
> 
> for example (not debugged)
> 
> #macro metabox(P0, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7)
>   union {
>     polygon {5, P0, P1, P2, P3, P0}
>     polygon {5, P4, P5, P6, P7, P4}
>     polygon {5, P0, P1, P5, P4, P0}
>     polygon {5, P1, P2, P6, P5, P1}
>     polygon {5, P2, P3, P7, P6, P3}
>     polygon {5, P3, P0, P4, P7, P3}
>   }
> #end
> 
> Mikael Gustafsson wrote:
> >
> > Sorry for a second post but the last sentence was a bit confusing.
> >
> > With POV-Ray 3.1 I think it would be possible to incorporate a new object.
> > Well, here's my two cents on the subject. The current box is probably one of
> > the most used objects in POV, but it has some drawbacks. The current syntax
> > only allows boxes with 90 degree corners. But if POV inwoked a new object
> > that lets the user define all eight corners of the box, it would among other
> > things help creating #while loops that have flat areas as complex matrix
> > transformations that are required with the current boxes coule be avoided.
> >
> > Mikael Gustafsson
> > mik### [at] nettifi
> 
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But that can't be CSGd.

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