moray is a solid modeller and you use many primitive objects in
Constructive Solid Geometry to form more complex objects.  All native
pov images use this type of modelling.  pov and moray can both import
meshes created in other apps however.  if you are brand new and haven't
seen my xwing pics posted in p.b.images, take a look.  everything
(including the top, rear and front fuselage details as well as the
canopy) except the fuselage is made from primitives.  the fuselage was
made in spatch and exported as a moray udo.  in 3ds max, you can still
use CSG primitives, but you also have the option of converting it to a
mesh.  that's the only thing you can't do with moray.  however, with a
little creativity, you can work around just about anything.  good luck.

Mark Kanof wrote:
> 
> I am a new user of moray and povray.  I have been reading through teh help
> files and can't figure out how to really edit shapes.  Okay, I create a
> sphere for example.  Now I know how to resize more and rotate it, but lets
> say I want to bend it in to diffrent shapes, or pull part of the mesh out,
> how do I go about doing that.  I just cant' figure out how this program
> could be used for creating anything other than standard shapes, but I know
> that is cause I am missing something huge, please help.
> 
> Thanks
> Mark Kanof

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