Tek wrote:
> To make these things work you'd have to make assumptions/standardisations 
> for lighting (radiosity or not, brightness), scale (since it's a pain to 
> re-scale each thing, plus media effects don't scale well)... Not to mention 
> effects that interfere with each other (for example my ocean from p.b.i 
> doesn't play nicely with fog, because it's hollow so it can be filled with 
> media). I'm just very sceptical that these issues can be resolved in a way 
> that is simple for newbies to understand and doesn't interfere with more 
> advanced users.

Standardizations would be better than assumptions.  I've long thought 
about a standard library of objects based off of common declarations, ie

#declare inch=1;
setup_from_inches()

--or--

#declare meter=1;
setup_from_meters()

Something along those lines, and then in your objects using

cylinder {<-5,0,0>*inches,<12,0,1>*inches,1*inches}

Or things like that.  Since most of the current objects are not built 
this way, it would mean making everything from scratch.

Lighting might be able to be done in a similar way, with a set of 
standard definitions, and all the base colors derived from those. 
However, someone who knows more about light would be able to answer this 
better than I could.

Of course, in the end it just means you have to build everything for the 
library from scratch, but then the library would be extremely reusable.

...Chambers

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