"King George" <kin### [at] seychellessc> schreef in bericht 
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> Hi
> Im new to POVRAY.
> I want to make an oval shape ( a bit like a rugby ball )
> then mirror it, finishing with translation etc...
> My problem is how do I go about doing the oval first. Any alteration to 
> the
> sphere? or is it something completely different?
> Any help will be greatly appreciated. Tutorials?
>

A warm welcome to the world of POV-Ray!!

Basically, an oval shape is very easy by scaling a sphere:

sphere {
  <0, 1, 0>, 0.5
  scale <1, 1.5, 1>
}

In this example, an oval object oriented along the y-axis is made.

Be aware that transformations in POV-Ray are always done from/at the origin 
and in the order scale-rotate-translate. So, if you translate before you 
scale or rotate, your object will not be where you expect it to be. Before 
all else, read carefully the documentation and do the tutorial examples 
provided. It is the best way to start using POV-Ray. And of course, cry for 
help when necessary :-)

Thomas

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