Sascha Ledinsky wrote:
> 
>> One thing I'd like to do is to import a large handful of points in 
>> ASCII or
>> really in povray 3.5 SDL.  Then model away, having these points 
>> sitting out
>> there in space.  It would actually be the skeleton joints for my "blob
>> characters", only I'd instead be modelling with patches.
> 
> 
> Until now I focused on modeling. Animation (and thus a skeleton) is next 
> on my list.
> 
> Parsing POV-code is a bit tricky, but JPatch's file-format is XML based 
> now, and so the skeleton (once implemented) will be saved/loaded as XML 
> code too - so you could write a little e.g. perl script which parses 
> your pov blob-character and exports it in JPatchs's XML format...
> 
> Right now you could render orthographic views for front, side and top 
> views of your skeleton in POV-Ray and use the images as background 
> (rotoscopes) in JPatch...
> 
> -sascha

this should also work for an aircraft front, side and plan views, yes ?

perhaps you could explain 'rotoscopes' more fully

i've had a play with the beta, but i'm a total newbie with this program.
what i have noticed is the seeming lack of functionality compared with 
version 2.x.x

what aspect of the beta do you particularly want looking at?

stephen

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