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31 Jul 2024 16:31:57 EDT (-0400)
  Re: POV-Ray Includes - Standards  
From: Charles C
Date: 28 Nov 2006 01:50:00
Message: <web.456bdbdd47def5ca2f60260@news.povray.org>
John VanSickle <evi### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:

> Probably the biggest issue is that while many people around here use 1
> unit = 1 meter, others (such as I) use 1 unit = 1 cm for most scenes.
>
> This is probably best addressed with a simple line at the start of the
> macro or scene file:
>
> // -- uses centimeter scaling

Heh, I use different measurement systems depending on what seems appropriete
for the thing I'm making.  I've said it in another post, but I do think that
scaling (& re-orienting) objects to fit your scene is just a fact of life.

BTW, I do also tend to use 1cm = 1 unit.


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