POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : clock and declared variables : Re: clock and declared variables Server Time
5 Sep 2024 18:18:55 EDT (-0400)
  Re: clock and declared variables  
From: Steve
Date: 2 Mar 2000 20:19:24
Message: <slrn8bu3op.iv.sjlen@zero-pps.localdomain>
On Thu, 02 Mar 2000 18:55:58 -0500, CMcCabe wrote:
>i was wondering if these two lines are feasible to move an object along
>the x-axis, i can't seem to find an example of how to translate an
>object along a linear path
>#declare XPos = clock*10;
>sphere { <XPos,0,0>, .5 }
>
>also, those lines should be the same as this one right?
>sphere { <clock*10,0,0>, .5 }
>

Yes this should work fine, but personally I'd prefer

sphere { <0,0,0>, .5 
         translate <clock*10,0,0> 
       }

This will move the sphere from <0,0,0> to <10,0,0>. 



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