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  Re: TOY ROBOT (Lilliput) (72KB)  
From: Jaime Vives Piqueres
Date: 28 Apr 2009 04:21:33
Message: <49f6bc8d$1@news.povray.org>

> Jaime Vives Piqueres <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote:
>> Now I don't know what you're talking about... marker lights? You mean 
>> placing lights to use the points later, or something like that?
>> 
>> -- Jaime
> 
> 
> 
> Sorry, yes, using lights and the 'position highlight' command to mark
> points of rotation.  For a very simple model, one can often align the
> axis of rotation with one of the cardinal axes and export that way, but
> for a very complex object or an object that will incorporate POV-ray
> primitives, it can be very helpful to know where a given point or shape
> is.
> 
> As Wings doesn't have a way to export a point or line primitive, I tend
> to use light sources.

   Ah... clever! I also wanted sometimes to export points (not for animation,
but to place other objects on the surface), but never figured out this
one... thanks!

--
Jaime


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