Chris Maryan wrote:

> I've noticed a number of cool looking images rendered in POVRay that
> involve balls/marbles/whatever stacket to look like a random pile (most
> notably the image that's on the POVRay 3.02 splash screen). Each of
> these images looks like the objects do not intersect but just touch. How
> is this usually done? Should I do the math (seems complicated) or is the
> only way to just guess and test-render? Maybe someone has a script?
> Maybe I am missing the obvious and should just read the docs again?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Chris Maryan
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  Take a look at the while loop function described in the docs.
It's certainly not the only method but can save a lot of typing
and rendering time. There are also modelers that have a copy
and translate function. One that has this function is PovCad.
You can choose say a sphere for example and then choose the
copy and translate function. A window will pop up asking the
distance to translate, which direction, and the number of copies
desired. It's a pretty handy tool.

Here is an example of a while loop.

camera{location<0,0,-20>look_at 0}
light_source{<0,0,-100>rgb 1}

#declare Count = 0
#while  ( Count < 10 )
sphere{<0,0,0>,1 pigment{rgb 1} translate<-9+Count*2, 0, 0>}
#declare Count = Count+1
#end

This will place ten spheres 5 left and 5 right centered on the screen.
Each touching but not over lapping each other. This also a great
function to accurately crate and rotate a large number of objects.
It certainly bears playing around with for a while to see what it
can do for you.

Happy rendering !

K.Tyler

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