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  Povray's Niche  
From: Tony LaVigne
Date: 31 Jul 2002 07:30:04
Message: <web.3d47ca24bdbb9d8188d4e3910@news.povray.org>
Hello,
I've been wondering what the strengths and weaknesses of Povray are compared
to the other softwares(lightwave3d, kinetics, etc) for 3-d graphics and
animations.  What aspects of it put us on the cutting edge and where are we
at a major disadvantage.  The software is free but I'm sure that's not it's
only strength.  I am very naive so forgive me if it's blasphemy to even
ask.

While I'm here, I'd like to say that whoever wrote the Help Documentation in
the Windows POV-Ray 3.5  did an exceptional job.  I read the entire
Beginners tutorial and I'm constantly indexing the help  and I found it
easy to understand with out being windy.  It had a very nice balance of
rhetoric, examples and humor.  It was very refreshing to find documentation
that doesn't have to be reread a million times.
My hat is off to the technical writer(s).
Thanks
Tony


ton### [at] xenomechanicscom


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