I would use the clock like this:

#if (clock > .5)
 object(laser)
#endif



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"Rick Adams" <ben### [at] xprtnet> wrote in message
news:benboomREMOVE_THIS_PART-C83EF9.09511318042000@news.povray.org...
> I am wondering how to go about having an object appear instantly in a
> POV animation. Specifically, I am working with moving light sources
> (death rays, as it happens :-) that appear at the snout of a ray gun and
> then fly off. Currently I am using some really inelegant ways of doing
> this, such as putting them really far away then translating them into

> ground, but there must be a better way.
>



>
> Thanks,
>
> RA

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