Ron Parker <ron### [at] povrayorg> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 07:56:08 -0500, Bill DeWitt wrote:
> >Since most people use a unit, at origin object, then scale
> >and translate, it could save tons of typing.
>
> Who is this "most people" you talk about?  Most modelers do that, but
> I would think most people make the box where they want it.  I know I
> do.

I'm suprised - I'm trying to write a short newbie tutorial on object
transformations, and one of my general rules is always create objects with a
known point at <0,0,0>. Don't you lose track of where you objects are going
to end up if you scale them? (or at least find it harder).

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