I know that POV-Ray is raytracer not modeller but ...
I want share my new tool - macro for MegaPOV and its children. It takes base
object and creates environment for modelling : views, grids, camera, background,
lights, size of image. It could be usefull for many usage: prepare prints for
paint uv-maps, hand-code models, investigate best bounding (with margin 0).

Syntax of typical scenefile is:
  #include "modeling.inc"
  #declare MyObject=object{any proper definition}
  display_project(MyObject,Margin,GridSize,Lights,BkColor)

Here is description of parameters:
- MyObject
    declared our object in POV-units
- Margin
    space between view and border of image
    and between views, it is declared in POV-units
- GridSize
    distance between gridlines in POV-units
    if GridSize < 0 than gridlines are over views
    if GridSize > 0 than gridlines are below views
    if GridSize = 0 than gridlines are off
    grid lines are 1 pixel wide
- Lights
    if Lights<=0 than one parallel light is used
    if Lights>0 than arealight is used to underline convexity
    value of positive Lights describe size of area_light
- BkColor
    describes background color of image and as negation
    describes color of grid

image sizes are recalculated to fullfill area passed in +H and +W but to save
time of rendering unused area

sample image just sended to p.b.images

any comments ?

ABX

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