In article <39874fa3@news.povray.org>, "Doug Eichenberg" 
<dou### [at] nlsnet> wrote:

> The final POV file was a whopping 57.6 meg.  

Ouch...talk about inefficient. I don't see anything here that couldn't 
be done easily with CSG and have a much smaller file size...the threads 
on the screws would be the hardest part. They would be possible with 
CSG, but probably the best way to do it would be an isosurface. But I 
guess you used meshes because it originated as an AutoCad file...

One suggestion: make some more surroundings. Maybe place it on a wood 
surface, so the metal has more to reflect.

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