I have a little problem with grouping. I never run into it till now, 
cause i was not in need of it:

long time ago i modelled an object in moray, consisting of csg's and 
differences.
Now, i'm working on a new scene and i wanted to import the old object. 
So far, it works. But it would be nice to have the old object in a 
group, so that i can select it with a single mouse click. I grouped it 
(with all the csg's and differences) but pov runs into an error during 
parsing, caused of the difference partial object. Can anyone help me?

Version with grouping in Moray

[...]
#declare cube = difference {
   superellipsoid { // cube_frame
     <0.1, 0.1>
     material {
       T_Chrome_4A
     }
     scale 4.4
   }
   object { // Cube_frame_diff2 -> Cube frame diff1
     Cube_frame_diff1
     rotate -90.0*z
   }
   object { Cube_frame_diff1 }
   object { // Cube_frame_diff3 -> Cube frame diff1
     Cube_frame_diff1
     rotate -90.0*y
   }
   material {
     earthmap
   }
   rotate <-45.0, -35.259998, -10.0>
   translate  12.4*z
}
[...]


Version without grouping in Moray
[...]
difference { // cube
   superellipsoid { // cube_frame
     <0.1, 0.1>
     material {
       T_Chrome_4A
     }
     scale 4.4
   }
   object { // Cube_frame_diff2 -> Cube frame diff1
     Cube_frame_diff1
     rotate -90.0*z
   }
   object { Cube_frame_diff1 }
   object { // Cube_frame_diff3 -> Cube frame diff1
     Cube_frame_diff1
     rotate -90.0*y
   }
   material {
     earthmap
   }
   rotate <-45.0, -35.259998, -10.0>
   translate  12.4*z
}
[...]

P.S.: maybe not the right newsgroup, i don't know...


best wishes,

Robert

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Hi Robert, you recently wrote in moray.win:

> I have a little problem with grouping. I never run into it till now, 
> cause i was not in need of it:
What is the error message? Maybe you can send me the MDL file.

- Lutz
  email : lut### [at] stmuccom
  Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray

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Hi Lutz,
  the error message is:



File: E:\Programme\Moray For Windows\PovScn\ferrocube_crash.pov  Line: 161
}

#declare cube <----ERROR

Parse Error: Expected 'undeclared identifier', cube found instead


Returned from renderer with error status

i had to delete some objects (textures) to make the file smaler, but the 
problem remains. So you can try the attached mdl-file.

By the way,
is there coming up a solution with the camera problem? (I'm using moray 
3.3a + pov beta10).

many thanks for the quick reply!

best wishes,

Robert

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Attachments:
Download 'ferro_crash.zip' (6 KB)

Hi Robert, you recently wrote in moray.win:

> #declare cube <----ERROR
> 
> Parse Error: Expected 'undeclared identifier', cube found instead
> 
Wait a second. Isn't cube a reserved word? Try renaming it to mycube
or something and see if that solves it.

- Lutz
  email : lut### [at] stmuccom
  Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray

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Many thanks!
I didn't noticed that. Renaming works!!

best wishes,

Robert

Lutz Kretzschmar wrote:

> Hi Robert, you recently wrote in moray.win:
> 
> 
>>#declare cube <----ERROR
>>
>>Parse Error: Expected 'undeclared identifier', cube found instead
>>
>>
> Wait a second. Isn't cube a reserved word? Try renaming it to mycube
> or something and see if that solves it.
> 
> - Lutz
>   email : lut### [at] stmuccom
>   Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray
>

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