Simon de Vet wrote:
> 
> Ken wrote:
> 
> > Which is exactly what #while can do for you in a very small amount
> >  of code.
> 
> Which would kind of defeat the purpose of having a Modeller....

  Not altogether true. The modeller is still needed to create the object.
It can also aid in the initial placement of the object in 3D space
before the beginning of the loop as well as establish the number of
iterations of the object that are needed for the length of the path it's
to be copied along. This would certainly save a lot of preprocessing
steps required if hand coding the same function into a pov scene.

  Lets face it, a simple rat knows when to jump ship rather that to
allow himself to go down with it. Humans with their superior
intelligence should be able to at least do as well as the rat in this
regard. Same is true with the modeller vs. hand coding functions issue.
You will be at once more knowledgable about how the process works than
your contemporaries who use a modeler alone and at the same time will
have a greater number of options available to you to work with by
choosing to learn how to work in both environments. Modelling programs
have a way of sheilding the user from fully understanding how a process
in pov works and as a result a number of options they could utilize
simply are not becuase of this lack of understanding.

  Perhaps a practical solution to the issue at hand would be a simple
plugin the pops up a standard while loop parameter settings window
inside Moray. When the parameters are set the generated code is
appended to the pov file so the results you are looking for are
realized. Maybe there is something I am missing but one of the wiz
kids out there with an extra 20 min. or so could likely have one
working during their one hour lunch break with time left to eat
and relax afterward.

-- 
Ken Tyler

mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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