Tom Bates wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> I could not seem to properly read the "MSIM" bit at the beginning of the standard
> mechsim topology file, (MegaPOV gave me the message: "Parse Error: Expected 'float,
> vector, or string literal', undeclared identifier 'MSIM' found instead")

Yes, i know this problem, POV-Ray expects strings to be in quotes.  I
thought about either adding quotes to the file format or introducing an
additional patch for a more tolerant #read function.  I must say i don't
like any of those solutions. :-(

> so I also
> replaced the save_file command with my own macro that created a file that used only
> floats and vectors.  I've included the macros "DoMyLoadFile" and "DoMySaveFile".

Without analyzing your code in depth - it can't work since you call your
'DoMySaveFile' immediately after 'DoMyLoadFile' so you save exactly what
you read.  The simulation is done at the end of the mechsim{} block so you
will have to save your data afterwards (the internal 'save_file' waits
until after the simulation of course).

Christoph

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