Hi Juliette! Welcome to povray!  :o)
"juliette" <me@nothome.com> wrote in message news:40acffdc@news.povray.org. ..
and almost new to Povray too...
 
   Stay with it, it's great!
 
 
>I use HamaPatch to build a scene, but cannot build in povray..
 
  There's nothing wrong with this. PovRay isn't specifically a modeling program, it's a highly sophisticated rendering program - famed for its texture applications, (and loads of other applications), and of course, rendering. I used sPatch for quite a while and couldn't get on with Hamapatch, but now I use Wings 3D, it's free and an excellent modeling program.
 
   Stick to what you feel comfortable with.
 
 
>this is one of my first renders..all is hamapatch/povray except the flower
 
   Well, excellent start. You 'could' do that vase in pov using SOR (Surface of Revolution), or a 'lathe' structure,  look those words up in the docs. The docs are *very* helpful, but also ask your questions in the community - povray.general or povray.newusers are the best places.
 
    Best wishes and keep posting your images! There's more help here than you'll ever need!  :o)
 
      ~Steve~
 
 
juliette
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