> High!
> 
> For my PoVSolar project, I'm still looking for an easy-to-use tool to 
> model asteroids and small moons (after real NASA images) - one month 
> ago, Wings3D was recommended to me, so I gave it a try...
> 
> But Wings3D turned out to be very cumbersome when it came to placing 
> craters on the asteroid's surface, especially when using some of the 
> higher subsurfacing levels.
> 
> What I'm looking for is a program which already includes a cratering 
> tool rather than just crude raising and lowering of surface 
> triangles/quadrangles in the direction of the respective normal.
> 
> What I'm NOT looking for is a more or less random-driven asteroid 
> generator, as I want to model my asteroids and small moons after real 
> images obtained by space probes!
> 
> Does such a program exist, and would it be able to export to POV-Ray?
> 
> See you in Khyberspace!
> 
> Yadgar

I made a POV file to create cratered planets/moons. It makes an image 
that can be use as an image_map. It uses the spherical camera and 
polygons with different color maps to make many types of craters.
The image_map can be use as a pigment, a normal or to make mesh.
Right now it's not cleaned up. I can do a little cleaning and send it to 
you if you like.

Have Fun!

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