> With lots of objects, especially of type mesh,
> cameras, lights, textures etc, I can image that pov fies get really big. Any
> clues somewhere on how a good pov file could be laid out to make development
> and maintenance easier?

You can separate the textures, meshes and other objects into different 
files with the extension .inc (this is not required, but easier to 
recognize which is the global POV-Ray-File). Use the #declare function 
to give them a name:

#declare MyBestTextureIEverMade = texture
   {
   pigment
   ...
   ...
   }

Then make a global scene and include all necessary files with #include 
"filename.inc". Now you can use your defined textures, meshes and what ever.

e.g. a Mesh-Object

#include "mymeshes.inc"
#include "mytextures.inc"

object
   {
   TheBigMesh

   texture
     {
     MyBestTextureIEverMade
     }
   }

Hope that helps...

So long,

Bonsai


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