POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.beta-test : Orthographic support broken : Re: Orthographic support broken Server Time
30 Jul 2024 08:15:13 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Orthographic support broken  
From: Christopher James Huff
Date: 20 Jan 2002 14:30:34
Message: <chrishuff-865E34.14313020012002@netplex.aussie.org>
In article <3C4### [at] skynetbe>,
 Fabien Mosen <fab### [at] skynetbe> wrote:

> Basically, all that matters to me (and many others, I suppose) is
> having the ability to set the "automatic approximate orthographic"
> easily.

I didn't say the feature was bad, just the syntax for it. Orthographic 
cameras don't have an angle.


> BTW, why was that change (being more strict about perspective type
> declaration) needed ?

My understanding is that the changes are to make the camera more 
predictable, not to remove functionality (the old camera was chaos, the 
options often interacted in unexpected ways). The changes are still in 
progress, the new syntax isn't complete yet. This feature could 
reappear, just with a more obvious name.


> And, given the number of potential broken scenes, isn't it more
> of a potential support problem than anything else ?

Not if it is easier to understand.

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Christopher James Huff <chr### [at] maccom>


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