Bob,
  Thanks for your help in both replies.
Here are the object and camera coordinates that I'm working with right now.

camera location <0, 15, -6>
        look_at < 0, 15, 0>

object position #1 <8, 12, -8>//starting position
        position #2 <-45, 12, 50>//crossing from right to left in front 
of camera as it travels into the distance.
        position #3 < 0, 50, 60>
        position #4 <45, 12, 50>//pos#2, #3 & #4 should make an arch 
going across from left to right.
        position #5 <-8, 12, -8>//ending the path just outside of camera 
view on left.

I understand how to use (From, Using, & To) for the movements, but the 
spline/path is giving me problems now. Also, if I can figure out the 
spline coordinates, I might just close the end of the path closest to 
camera and have a full figure8, keeping everything in front of the 
camera. I can get straight lines and curved lines but now crisscrossing 
lines or figure 8 yet.

Thanks again for the help,
Les




bob h wrote:

> "Les Patterson" <les### [at] txcybercom> wrote in message
> news:3C5### [at] txcybercom...
> 
>> Antialias=Off
>> 
>> Antialias_Threshold=0.1
>> Antialias_Depth=2
>> Input_File_Name=Fly.pov
>> 
>> 
>> Output_File_Path=C:\My Documents\PovAnimation
>> 
>> Initial_Frame=1
>> Final_Frame=50
>> Initial_Clock=0
>> Final_Clock=1
>> 
>> Cyclic_Animation=on
>> Pause_when_Done=off
>> 
>> Will this work?
>> Les
>> 
>> This animation will be an aircraft flying around in the scene, but so
>> far I haven't been able to get the object rotation values to work right.
> 
> 
> A bit delayed response from me but there isn't a Output_File_Path= (unless
> someone added it without me realizing it. No, I checked the v3.5 docs, there
> isn't).  You use Output_File_Name= for the path and leave off the file name
> if you just want the scene file name to prefix onto the frame files.  Or you
> can use the full path plus name different from your scenes name too.
> 
> Output_File_Name=C:\My Documents\PovAnimation\
> 
> or
> 
> Output_File_Name=C:\My Documents\PovAnimation\fly.pov
> 
> is what you want to be using.
> 
> bob h

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