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28 Jul 2024 18:22:26 EDT (-0400)
  Re: i want .inc files, not .pov  
From: Tony Vigil
Date: 24 Mar 2000 13:06:38
Message: <38DBAFC8.4634D27C@emc-inc.com>
Have you used the triscan macro yet?

Fabian BRAU wrote:

> This is excatly what I said :) And now with the triscan macro
> we can do udo very easily and quite accurately :)
>
> Fabian.
>

> >
> > Ryan,
> >
> > Why not change the pov files to inc files, then make a UDO file for each of
> > your inc files.  The UDO file is very simple to create.  I have several inc
> > files that I use in this manner.  I use them for parallel-ray spotlights and
> > many architectual objects that I use often.
> >
> > ryan constantine wrote:
> >
> > > here's the situation, i'm creating a complex model (over 200 primitives
> > > so far) and i would like to save the individual parts as .inc files
> > > instead of .pov files.  of course, i have already been saving those
> > > parts as objects instead of scenes within moray, but how can i get moray
> > > to #include a previously saved object instead of adding it to the
> > > scene?  does merge object automatically add it to the scene?  is there
> > > another way to add an object to a scene?  if it's in the docs, point the
> > > way.
> > >
> > > the main reason i want to have the .inc files is for distribution.  some
> > > of the parts are so complex that nobody will want to mess with them
> > > anyway and putting them in the main scene file gets really messy!  plus,
> > > i only named major components so everything minor is cylinder136,
> > > cube078 etc.
> > >
> > > also, is there a way to take advantage of povray's programming elements
> > > within moray or will i have to do that by hand after model creation?
> > > thanks,
> > > ryan constantine


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