Hi,




1-can I change the center(pivot) of an object?

2-can I render multiples pov files with a .bat file?

thanks!

Luciano

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On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 13:31:51 -0300, "bona" <bon### [at] tramacombr> wrote:
> 1-can I change the center(pivot) of an object?

There is nothing like center of object. There is center of coordinate
system. You can translate your object to move cewnter of coordinate system
relative to your object in your favourite way.

> 2-can I render multiples pov files with a .bat file?

Look for 'queue' keyword on toolbar, menu and documentation.

ABX

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> 1-can I change the center(pivot) of an object?

Presumably you mean the centre for rotations?  If so, it's worth
pointing out that all rotations are performed around <0,0,0>.  So, if
you want to rotate around the corner of a cube (for example), simply
make sure that the cube's corner is at <0,0,0> before applying the
rotation.

However, if you look into the "transforms.inc" file and its contents,
you'll find some useful macros such as Rotate_Around_Trans, which will
rotate an object around whatever point you specify.

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thanks Andrew and ABX for your help!

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"Andrew" <ast### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:3e6f706b$1@news.povray.org...
> > 1-can I change the center(pivot) of an object?
>
> Presumably you mean the centre for rotations?  If so, it's worth
> pointing out that all rotations are performed around <0,0,0>.  So, if
> you want to rotate around the corner of a cube (for example), simply
> make sure that the cube's corner is at <0,0,0> before applying the
> rotation.
>
> However, if you look into the "transforms.inc" file and its contents,
> you'll find some useful macros such as Rotate_Around_Trans, which will
> rotate an object around whatever point you specify.
>
>

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"bona" <bon### [at] tramacombr> wrote in message news:3e6f6194@news.povray.org...
> Hi,
>


>
> 1-can I change the center(pivot) of an object?

A common misconception - I'm fairly sure this one is in Warp's VFAQ. Easy to see
where it comes from, and one can often get away with believing this
misconception for quite some time, despite extensive use of POV (well, I did at
any rate, but then I'm a known idiot).

If you haven't found Warp's VFAQ yet, go to:
http://www.students.tut.fi/~warp/

or, more specifically:
http://www.students.tut.fi/~warp/povQandT/languageQandT.html#rotating

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"bona" <bon### [at] tramacombr> wrote in message news:3e6f6194@news.povray.org...

BTW no biggie, but this message might have been better posted to newusers...

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