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> As I said, I don't think there is anything wrong with adding meshes, you 
> could
> even combine a mesh and CSG for certain purposes, or multiple meshes. 
> Think
> about the fan idea: make the housing, base and fan blade from seperate 
> meshes,
> they could then be combined in a macro with appropriate variables to 
> control
> the fan spin and housing oscillation for specific scenes, motion blur,
> animation etc., things that wouldn't be simple with a single mesh object.
>
> -tgq


For what it's worth, here's an example of posable mesh in POV-Ray.
http://www.oyonale.com/modeles.php?lang=en&page=55
The demo file contains a small macro that can be used to rotate and animate 
the legs. I just had to copy the coordinates of the origin point (center of 
rotation) for each leg part from the original model and then reorganise the 
leg's hierarchy in POV-Ray.

G.

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