In article <39a01203@news.povray.org>, "Wolf Manos" 
<wol### [at] to_much_spamcom> wrote:

> is the standard/common user (does there exist something like that in the
> first place?) using povray stand-alone or does he use modelling software
> (i.e. Moray)?

I think the average user hand codes and occasionally uses a modeller, 
but does not depend on the modeller. I always hand code. There are 
people who do everything from within one modeller, Moray for instance. 
Others use a combination of different modellers and put it all together 
by hand.


> if using Moray: Can you(do you) use it to create the 90% scene and then
> taylor the last 10% in your own script ??

Some people use modellers like Moray to do specific objects, and do the 
actual scene by hand by assembling the pieces. I find it difficult to 
work on a scene using a modeller, simply positioning the objects is more 
difficult.


> do you use a painting/drawing to start out a scene ?

I usually just start from an idea in my head...I have tried graph paper, 
but found it easier to code directly.


> in short: Tell me your best practices how to create a cool scene !!

It really depends on your skills and the scene. I find it easier to 
visualize the relevant pieces and type in the values manually than to 
navigate through a group of views and moving things with the mouse. This 
would probably be different if we had a VR modeller where you could 
interact directly with the scene objects and see the whole scene, 
instead of goofing around using a 2D pointer device for 3D operations. 
It would probably also change for many things if I had a lot of 
experience with a good modeller, but I am used to scripting things.

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Christopher James Huff
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