Thanks for all the help!
"Marc Jacquier" <jac### [at] wanadoofr> wrote in message 
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>> Mark E. Deardorff <med### [at] coxnet> wrote:
>> > Are there any good modelers for new users?
>>
>>   Yes. Google for moray.
>>
>> -- 
>>                                                           - Warp
>
> I agree!  :-)
> Note : what follows is NOT an advertisement lol
> Note again : Moray is a shareware : you may try it free but you are 
> friendly
> invited to register it after some times (it is worth the EUR 80)
> http://www.stmuc.com/moray/
> I 'm using Moray for some years now and I think it is a new-user-friendly
> yet powerfull tool.
> Since I know this soft, none of my images was done without Moray
> For new users :
> You can design POV simple (spheres, cones, boxes, torus, etc) or complex
> (prism, lathe, bicubic patch, superellipsoid) primitives and CSG simply by
> mouse and/or parameter fields
> A cool material editor allows you to use yet done or create nice materials
> and preview them
> A render settings tab takes you by the hand through anti-alias, image
> resolution,...
> AND for advanced users :
> Some plugins allow script (SDL or Scene Description Language, ie the
> language POVRay understands) coding (this plugin allows you to write POV
> (SDL) code in a Moray scene)
> http://www.lightning-generator.org/download.php?op=getit&lid=122
> or easy includes use with transformations.
> http://www.wikipov.org/ow.asp?PovInclude
> quote: "POVInclude is a Moray plugin that allows a POV-Ray include file to
> be directly included in a Moray model. A visual indication of where the
> included objects will appear can be supplied which shows in the Moray
> views."
>
>
> Remember though POV is left handed (y up, z depth) while Moray is right
> handed (z up, y depth) but -Moray export pov file- copes with that with a
> special camera declaration ( which demonstrates once again SDL power :)
> BTW, learning SDL is a plus: you'd skip a very powerful tool if you forget
> it.
> Regards
> Marc
>
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