as you know, povray is a raytracer and not a modeller.  most people
don't go very long before they want the capabilities of a modeller, and
povray would not be nearly as cool as it is if you couldn't import stuff
from outside modellers.

i would definitely recommend that you incorporate one or several
chapters that use low-dollar or freeware modellers.  personally, i would
recommend hamapatch and moray.  spatch is not a bad modeller, but
it is no longer under development and hamapatch is considered as good
or better and is actively being improved.

a question:  have you downloaded the 3.5 beta?  if not, you better
quit talking the talk and start walking the walk.  ;-)

good luck with the book.  you have the group's support.

miker


Mitchell Waite <mit### [at] dnaicom> wrote in message
news:3c48471b@news.povray.org...
> I have been considering using Moray as the tool for modeling since it
allows
> on to focus on the scene rather than the statements. The idea would be to
> teach the statements but at each statement show how to do the same thing
in
> Moray. I would like to hear opinions on this idea. I have been told the
most
> people DO NOT use modeling tools and that mixing up pure pov ray
statements
> and a modeling program would be useless for many users. I was thinking the
> Moray parts would be in gray boxes inside the pages so they could be
> ignored, but that may still turn some people off. Comments?
>
> thanks
>
> Mitch
>
>

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