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  Re: First POVray project .  
From: Cousin Ricky
Date: 14 Jul 2009 18:20:00
Message: <web.4a5d035ad81e213978641e0c0@news.povray.org>
"apophis13" <apo### [at] yahoocom> wrote:
> also, how would I make the chair's seat more rounded and comfortable-looking.
> i.e. how to make boxes more rounded at the edges, not pointy.

The easiest way is to use a superquadric ellipsoid (superellipsoid{}).  There
are also rounded shapes in shapes.inc.

> also, how would one go about making more realistic books? perhaps I could import
> images for use as textures to put covers on the books. how do you do this?

Look up "image_map" in the documentation.  Another option is to use an object
pigment with a text{} object.  Either way, the pigment should be rotated to
align with the book cover.


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