Wasn't it dwmitch who wrote:
>I've been working with <a href = "http:\\www.blender3D.org">Blender's</a>
>POV export script and doing the actual texturing in POV-Ray. It's been
>working for stills, but the problem comes when I animate the meshes.
>
>The script exports one mesh for each frame with an all inclusive pointer to
>the meshes (i.e, you only have to edit one file for the texture to apply to
>all frames). When I apply a pattern such as agate or bozo or a normal such
>as bumps the pattern transforms each frame. For example, I have a robot
>with bumpy orange "skin" that's torn to reveal metal. Each frame the "skin"
>moves, grows, shrinks, etc.
>
>Is there any way to get it to be constant so that when the mesh moves
>forward the textures remain constant, meaning the same amount of "skin" is
>on the hand and in the same location for the entire animation?

Is it possible that you are not uvmapping the texture? That would have
the effect of the texture remaining fixed in space as the robot's hand
moves through it, so you get different parts of the texture on the hand
when the hand moves. If you use uvmapping, then the texture should move
with the hand.

I don't use Blender. If it doesn't output uv information in the mesh,
then you'd need to do something like outputting it as an OBJ file, using
UVMapper to add the uv information and something like ObjUVPov to
convert it to a POV mesh.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

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