Can any one point me to an  example of how to to animate a viewpoint or
object  through a sequence of positions & orientations. I can see how
you might do in a single line between two points but I need to fly a
complex route.

Also is there any freeware that will build mpeg from povray animations ?

Thanks in advance

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Steve Smith <ste### [at] pavancouk> writes:

> Also is there any freeware that will build mpeg from povray animations ?

  Yes.  The Berkeley MPEG Tools, including mpeg_encode and mpeg_play.  Most
probably available at Sunsite, look for a file named bmt1r2.tar.gz.

Roland.
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One of the demos by Chris Colefax does exactly this, flying a spline
route (or multiple splines if you want) with a preview mode that shows
you the path as spheres...

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/1434/

Steve Smith wrote in message <365C9B2C.7B44256C@pavan.co.uk>...
>Can any one point me to an  example of how to to animate a viewpoint or
>object  through a sequence of positions & orientations. I can see how
>you might do in a single line between two points but I need to fly a
>complex route.
>

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Spock <spo### [at] entrustcom> wrote:
: One of the demos by Chris Colefax does exactly this

  Demos?

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*_++)for(;i>1;printf("%s",i-70?i&1?"[]":" ":(i=0,"\n")),i/=2);} /*- Warp. -*/

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You know ! That spline.inc demo thingy.

Ken Tyler

Nieminen Mika wrote:

> Spock <spo### [at] entrustcom> wrote:
> : One of the demos by Chris Colefax does exactly this
>
>   Demos?
>
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> main(i){char*_="BdsyFBThhHFBThhHFRz]NFTITQF|DJIFHQhhF";while(i=
> *_++)for(;i>1;printf("%s",i-70?i&1?"[]":" ":(i=0,"\n")),i/=2);} /*- Warp. -*/

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I'm working on a Windows app to do just that.   It uses BSpline math with
control points.  You add and move the controls points in a XY plane and then
it saves the points inbetween the control points to a file.

Mike

Steve Smith wrote in message <365C9B2C.7B44256C@pavan.co.uk>...
>Can any one point me to an  example of how to to animate a viewpoint or
>object  through a sequence of positions & orientations. I can see how
>you might do in a single line between two points but I need to fly a
>complex route.
>
>Also is there any freeware that will build mpeg from povray animations ?
>
>Thanks in advance
>
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>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Steve Smith
>Rhiwlan, Penrhyncoch, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 3EH, Wales
>Tel: 01970 820750
>Email: ste### [at] pavancouk
>http://www.pavan.co.uk
>
>

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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
: You know ! That spline.inc demo thingy.

  Demo? What do include files and demos have in common?-o

  A demo is:
  1. a freely distributable stripped version of a comercial program
or
  2. a demo scene program with nice 3D and bitmap-effects etc (as the
entries in demo parties like assembly etc).

  An include file is an include file.

  There's something here I don't understand.

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Nieminen Mika wrote:
> 
> Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> : You know ! That spline.inc demo thingy.
> 
>   Demo? What do include files and demos have in common?-o
> 
>   A demo is:
>   1. a freely distributable stripped version of a comercial program or
>   2. a demo scene program with nice 3D and bitmap-effects etc (as the
> entries in demo parties like assembly etc).
> 

I think Ken is speaking of "demo" in the sense of "sample file that comes
with spline.inc".

-Nathan

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