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  Re: new to raytracing in general, is moray the way to go?  
From: Ross Litscher
Date: 13 Mar 2003 16:36:45
Message: <3e70f9ed$1@news.povray.org>
> Exactly. And some things like cylinders, unless they changed them
> recently only have position, rotation and scale. If they have since added
> the ability to correctly define the actually end points, then it may be
> time to check out the new version again (though maybe waiting until they
> fix the beta bugs...). A lot of stuff I tried to use it for where
> furniture and stuff where I needed to have a cylinder at an angle to
> provide a smoothed edge. I could never get them right. And like I said,
> why, if I already know the exactly locations, do I need a graphical
> design interface? The only thing they are good for is designing when you
> don't already have detailed plans for where each individual things will
> go when you are finished. For the few things I tried to do with it, I got
> quite irritated, but I must admit that the fact that I wasn't willing to
> pay for it at the time and thus couldn't complete my intended model
> anyway probably contributed to my annoyance. ;) lol
>

gotcha.


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