Ken wrote:

> Twyst wrote:
> >
> > How about cylinders/cubes/cones that you can define the endpoints of,
> > instead of having to rotate & scale them?
> > I can see a plugin that has just these normal primitives, but with a numeric
> > entry :
> >
> > Cube - enter x1,y1,z1 and x2,y2,z2
> > Cylinder - enter x1,y1,z1 ,  x2,y2,z2  , radius
> > Cone - enter x1,y1,z1 ,  x2,y2,z2  , radius1, radius2
> >
> > It would make life MUCH simpler, as well as make cleaner code than taking a
> > unit cylinder and scaling/rotating/translating.
> >
> > Twyst
> > --
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > povray.doc -- An engaging tale about a spanish guy named Manual.
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Are you trying to be funny or am I missing something here ?

<snip>

I think his point is for odd angles, and the such.

If I want to connect the points 0,0,1 and 0,1,0 with a cyllinder or cone, it would
lie on an angle. BUT, it would also have to have a length of [root 2].

For other points to be connected, other lengths are needed.. and since Moray is a
visual modeller, it would be nice to be able to do this without using a
calculator.

I've wanted this myself...

Plus, for a cylinder , cone, or cube, the scaling is applied after the texture,
resulting in an often distorted texture, unless you put the object into a group,
and apply the texture to the group. For multiple items this is fine, but if you
want to apply a texture to just one object, it's a bit irritating.

Simon
http://home.istar.ca/~sdevet

Post a reply to this message