There's a very good tip in the FAQ somewhere. It suggests that you can declare
meters, millimeters, kilometers, feet , inches, whatever so that you have a
sense of scale and you know what the sizes and distances are in your scene.
Then you just use meters instead of POV-units.



I Chuprov wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm still having a little difficulty understanding the co-ordinate system in
> POV-Ray.
> I understand about the X, Y, Z axis and the left hand rotation thingy.
> What I don't understand, is how to use the co-ordinate system to place
> objects!
> I'm always using trial and error to place objects, especially when I want to
> centre the object (e.g. a text object).
>
> Is there some easier way of placing objects??
>
> Thanks,
> Igor
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