"[GDS|Entropy]" <gds### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> This works well, and I've tested the output with cyls, which give the effect
> that I want, with the obvious exception that cyls make *terrible* moss.
> Since I'm dealing with a moss object generated from a macro that
> approximates Campylopus sp., which is obviously more complicated than a cyl,
> I need to find a meaningful way to rotate the individual models according to
> the surface normal to acheive any kind of meaningful effect.

Sounds like you want Reorient_Trans() in transforms.inc. Just put your small
moss component at the origin, aligned on the axis of your choice, then apply
this transform before translation.

http://www.povray.org/documentation/view/3.6.1/488/

Bill

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