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31 Jul 2024 06:22:12 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Placement of Text Object  
From: Mandrake
Date: 17 Nov 2002 23:51:19
Message: <3dd871c4@news.povray.org>
Thanks Kaveh. I'm really trying to get adjusted to this type of programming. 
I'm a perl programmer by trade, and I don't have to think in 3 dimensions 
in that language, so this one's taking a tad longer to get used to :)

-- 
Take care,
Randall

Kaveh wrote:

> Mandrake <Man### [at] dream-servercom> wrote:
> 
>> Hi guys. I'm a glaring newbie here when it comes to scripting for Povray,
>> but so far I'm really liking it. I've run across a tad bit of a difficult
>> problem though. What I am trying to do is figure out an easy way to
>> position the text string straight ahead of the camera (as if that was
>> your focal point), so that it can easily be read (and changed if
>> necessary). The problem is, with the camera angle as such, I'm finding it
>> near about impossible to line up the text correctly. Anybody have any
>> ideas on how this can be done?
>> 
>> Any suggestions are appreciated...
> 
> I think the standard file screen.inc does exactly what you want.
>


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