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4 Nov 2024 21:25:52 EST (-0500)
  Re: placing objects by their coordinates  
From: Simon
Date: 14 Sep 2001 15:11:41
Message: <3ba2566d@news.povray.org>
> How can I learn placing objects by their coordinates?
>

Perhaps it would be easier for you to use meters and not pov units.
You could do something like this:

#declare m=3;               //3 pov units =1 meter
#declare cm=m/100;
#declare km=m*1000;

Then you could use this to place you objects
for example:

box{
    <-35*cm,2*m,0.2*km>
    <50*cm,0,0>}


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