Tim Nikias v2.0 wrote:
> 
> I'd say, why not make a more common group for external tools? Poser would be
> one, but PoseRay, Spatch and several other programms are tools a fellow
> Pover might use as well, and making a general group for external tools
> sounds like a better idea to me than to have a certain group for a single
> external programm. OTOH, I don't know if a new, more general group wouldn't
> be flooded with questions regarding all kinds of kinky little tools...
> [...]

I think a common group for all 3rd party tools would be a good idea 
(povray.tools or povray.utilities).   This way it would be easier to 
adapt to tools becoming more popular and others less.

Having a quick look at the postings in p.general, p.newusers and 
p.advanced-users there would be at least 5% of the postings suitable for 
such a new group.

A rule to add a prefix like [poser] to the subject of new threads would 
make it possible to set preferences in the newsreader.

Christoph

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> I think a common group for all 3rd party tools would be a good idea
> (povray.tools or povray.utilities).   This way it would be easier to
> adapt to tools becoming more popular and others less.

povray.tools + the prefix gets my vote.

There's a lot of intersection between these tools (Poser + Poseray for
instance) so keeping them all at the same place is a good idea.

G.


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Jeremy M. Praay wrote:
>Many of us use Poser now, for including Poser models in our POV-Ray scenes,
>so I'm wondering if anyone else here is interested in having a new forum.
>If you think it would be a good idea, or if not, please voice your opinion.


As Poser is the ONLY app of its kind out there I think this is an excellent
idea.  Love it or hate it, if you need people in your images, & don't have
either the skill or time to create from scratch in another app, then you
use Poser.

While there are many Poser sites out there already, I find the er...
proprietary... atmosphere of most of them keeps me from ever participating.
Most of them are not about exchanging information, but trying to sell you
someone's mediocre props.

A forum here, with the usual POV atmosphere would be great!

RG

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"Gilles Tran" <tra### [at] inapginrafr> wrote in message
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>but there is little
> information about the use of Poser within POV-Ray.

A Poseray forum, and a Wings3d forum too, to boot!   :)


   ~Steve~


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"Christoph Hormann" <chr### [at] gmxde> wrote in message
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> A rule to add a prefix like [poser] to the subject of new threads
would
> make it possible to set preferences in the newsreader.

    Bingo!

 ~Steve~


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>
> A Poseray forum, and a Wings3d forum too, to boot!   :)

Of course, the risk is that a few years from now, we may start asking for
povray.politics, povray.used-cars and povray.relationships ;)

G.


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Gilles Tran wrote:
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> news:5pp### [at] tritonimagicode...
> 
> > I think a common group for all 3rd party tools would be a good idea
> > (povray.tools or povray.utilities).   This way it would be easier to
> > adapt to tools becoming more popular and others less.
> 
> povray.tools + the prefix gets my vote.
> 
> There's a lot of intersection between these tools (Poser + Poseray for
> instance) so keeping them all at the same place is a good idea.

From a consistent hierarchy point of view I would think that povray.text.utilities
would be a better fit. I have often thought it inconsistent that we had the
povray.utilities.binaries group without the .text group for related discussions.

-- 
Ken Tyler

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Ken wrote:
> 
> Gilles Tran wrote:
> 

>>news:5pp### [at] tritonimagicode...
>>
>>
>>>I think a common group for all 3rd party tools would be a good idea
>>>(povray.tools or povray.utilities).   This way it would be easier to
>>>adapt to tools becoming more popular and others less.
>>
>>povray.tools + the prefix gets my vote.
>>
>>There's a lot of intersection between these tools (Poser + Poseray for
>>instance) so keeping them all at the same place is a good idea.
> 
> 
> From a consistent hierarchy point of view I would think that povray.text.utilities
> would be a better fit. I have often thought it inconsistent that we had the
> povray.utilities.binaries group without the .text group for related discussions.
> 
Is that what it's supposed to mean?  I never did understand the 
text/binaries designation.

And what are p.b.tutorials and p.t.tutorials intended to be used for?

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Wasn't it gonzo who wrote:

>As Poser is the ONLY app of its kind out there I think this is an excellent
>idea.

But it may not be the only app of its kind for long. DAZ Studio is
currently in pre-beta testing. I believe that DAZ decided to write their
own application because they can't use Poser-5 due to the restrictive
nature of its user licence. 

DAZ Studio may possibly find greater acceptance within the POV community
because the full-beta version will be free to everyone. The current
version is free to people who've paid to become members of the DAZ
Platinum Club.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

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"Gilles Tran" <gitran_nospam_@wanadoo.fr> wrote in message
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> news:40087ada@news.povray.org...
> >
> > A Poseray forum, and a Wings3d forum too, to boot!   :)
>
> Of course, the risk is that a few years from now, we may start
asking for
> povray.politics, povray.used-cars and povray.relationships ;)

   Heh, yes indeed, true. ;)  I think Tim's idea is the right way to
go.

    ~Steve~

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