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28 Jul 2024 16:15:17 EDT (-0400)
  Re: feature requests  
From: Rick
Date: 21 Jun 2000 07:19:45
Message: <3950a4d1@news.povray.org>
> Hmmm. I'm very reluctant to go into any sort of detail or to post some
> sort of list..... but OK, here's a small teaser.

I wasnt after a promise set in stone, or featutres you were planning on
adding (altho the ones you mentioned are top draw stuff!), just what little
bits you would like, if you had the time and inclination :) but i know what
you mean about being reluctant !!

btw dont forget a few trivial bits, moray is damn amazing as it stands, and
its ofter the little things that make it stand out further

but here's my little wish list all the same! - remeber i dont actually
expect to ever have these implamented, and my enjoyment of your fine product
will not decrease! (also most of these are plugin material anyhow!!)

one-click uploading of scenes to the online moray model library, and of
course an internal browser of online models - sort of import from the web..

ability to render a scene without all object having textures, you are warned
that not everything has a tex, and asked if you would like to continue,
obj's without a tex are then just not exported.

different windows layouts, ala 3d studio

a 3d ruler or measuring tape line you can drag about , measures the pov
units between objects or points

fully visual basic compatable plug in sdk (with vb sample), then i wont be
asking for new features, i will be adding them!!

model browser - kinda like the image browser in psp showing the camera view
as you last saved it.

inbuilt model read me files, so i can add some 'about' text to a model that
dose not display on my moray be default, but is displayed on all other
copies (everyone elses) by default when its loaded.

online auto plug in update check

x,y,z motion on-off buttons

a crib sheet with all the interesting little shift click features!

more shift clicking!

object drop with collision detection, eg, i build my scene, a bowl, then a
create a sphere above the bowl, and i can the 'drop it' moray will place it
in the bowl at the best point, and again and again, that will make doing
stacks of non intersecting objects a dream!!

and on and on and on and on....

just remeber i DONT ever expect to see these features in future versions,
and will not miss them, if there not added - chances are in 30 mins i will
have forgotten my wish list anyhow - except the vb sdk - there i nothing
more i would rather do when i should be working than adding pointless and
whimsickle add ons to moray !

Rick


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