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  Re: Ashley 2334 circuit (WIP, ~160k)  
From: Dave Matthews
Date: 8 Mar 2006 11:25:01
Message: <web.440f04fc833cb1968c7259570@news.povray.org>
Jim Charter <jrc### [at] msncom> wrote:
> Welcome.  Another thing I do, btw, combines Bill's suggestion of using
> trace() with the Wings' ability to export selected polys.  That is, I
> use the information captured from the .obj file to define a spline which
> rides above the mesh surface along a path I want.  I then use the spline
> as a set of "launching" points for the trace() function.  That way you
> only have to manually capture (export) a relatively small number of
> polys to determine the path for a spline, then walk the spline and use
> trace() to get as many surface points as necessary for a smooth animation.

Jim, that's brilliant!


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