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From: Woody
Date: 18 May 2009 07:45:00
Message: <web.4a114937236de6cfc41e4df50@news.povray.org>
Would added support for SVG files be of any use to anyone?

I can think of at least one area where they would offer greater accuracy (height
fields) than the current supported file formats. Since at best, the height field
can only be anti-aliased, the result is still "pixelated".

I realize that SVG files are basically just text files, which POVRAY has support
for reading and writing. I suppose someone could write a macro to do this.
However it would be a very large and cumbersome macro, and probably beyond the
scope of what the macro language was originally intended to do, which is why I
think this feature might be of possible use.

Are there any other areas I'm missing where support for vector formats might
provide added benefits?


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