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  Re: need help! :p  
From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 15 Jun 2005 09:30:03
Message: <d8paal$94n$1@chho.imagico.de>
orb wrote:
> Hello, I'm a very beginner in Pov ray, and I need some help for basic 
> skills.
> 
> I just need to trace a line, which is going through some points. I find 
> how to create a box, a sphere, etc...but not a simple line.

POV-Ray is a raytracer - it can only render surfaces (i.e. 2d entities). 
  A line is a 1d entity.

You most likely will want to use a thin cylinder to generate a line in a 
POV-Ray scene.

Christoph

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