Tom Stone wrote:
> 
> Ken wrote:
> 
> > I think you are missing the point here. There is nothing about the mesh2
> > feature that restricts it to any one platform.
> 
> I probably am missing the point, as I'm not a programmer.
> So Mesh2 would have been included even if there were no converters on the
PC-platform
> either?

Yes.
 
> > If I were to email you a file
> > with the mesh2 syntax it would render exactly the same on your machine as
> > it does on my Windows machine.
> 
> Yes, I understand. What I'm commenting is that I must get a Windows machine like
yours
> to be able to use it, and that it would save a bit of frustration if that fact were
> included in the documentation.

I would guess that no one has created a conversion program for the Mac
yet because this is the first time that mesh2 has been offered in the
offical version of POV-Ray. It takes a while for people out in the
community to find out what is in the new version of the program and
develop outside utilities for those features.

-- 
Ken Tyler - POV-Ray Technical Assistance Group

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