Bob Hughes wrote:

> To add to Kens help:
> You can also put this together with a #switch. It just gets more lengthy
> script-wise but once made saves time. Making a comment line showing a
> listing of what's-what for each switchable view helps too.
>
> //BEGIN
> #declare CLL = 1; //use one of the numbered sets from below.
>
>  #declare Loc1 = <0,1,-10>;
>  #declare Loc2 = <1,1,-10>;
>  #declare Loc3 = <0,1,-15>;
>  #declare Loc4 = <1,1,-18>;
>  #declare Loc5 = <1,1,-17>;
>
>  #declare Look1 = <0,1,1>;
>  #declare Look2 = <1,1,1>;
>  #declare Look3 = <0,1,5>;
>  #declare Look4 = <1,1,9>;
>  #declare Look5 = <1,1,5>;
>

Why not just use arrays?

For instance

#declare Location = array[ 5 ] {
    <0,1,-10>,
    <1,1,-10>,
    <0,1,-15>,
    <1,1,-18>,
    <1,1,-17>
}

#declare LookAt = array [ 5 ] {
    <0,1,1>,
    <1,1,1>,
    <0,1,5>,
    <1,1,9>,
    <1,1,5>
}

#declare CamNo = 1;

camera { location Location[CamNo] look_at LookAt[CamNo] }

Or, if the cameras are very different:

#declare Camera = array [ 5 ]

#declare Camera[0] = camera { location ... look_at ... direction ... }
#declare Camera[1] = camera { orthographic right ... up ... }
#declare Camera[2] = camera { angle ... }
...

camera { Camera[CamNo] }

    Just my thoughts on the matter,
        Mike Andrews.

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