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• Reference:Object
  ...arameters which further define its location and/or shape and some optional object modifiers such as texture, interior_texture, pigment, normal, finish, inter OBJECT:
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• Reference:Object Pattern
  {{#indexentry:object, keyword}} {{#indexentry:object, pattern}}
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• Reference:Sturm Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:sturm, object modifier}}
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• Knowledgebase:POV-Ray Include Macro and Object Files
  *[[KB:Object and Scene Files|Object and Scene Files]]
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• HowTo:Use the plane object
  ...at surface that extends infinitely in all directions (unless clipped by an object). Planes are considered to have a volume, any point that is "under" the pl We can use the clipped_by object modifier to render only the portion of the plane within the clipping shape.
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• Knowledgebase:Object and Scene Files
  <p class="Hint">A listing of object and scene files sites in alphabetical order.</p> :<p>POV-Ray scene files and objects by Francisco Munoz, Uploaded to POVRay Object Collection when Geocities closed. </p>
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• HowTo:Use the plane object/Example Code
  #REDIRECT [[HowTo:Use the plane object]]
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• Knowledgebase:Object Collection migration
  ==About the Object Collection== ...eocities to the [http://lib.povray.org/searchcollection/index2.php POV-Ray Object Collection]. Discussion toward this end has occurred on the POV-Ray newsgro
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• Reference:Object Modifiers
  ...h as a [[Reference:Sphere|sphere]] or a [[Reference:Box|box]] to a complex object using <em>Constructive Solid Geometry</em> or [[Reference:Constructive Soli ...inate Object Modifier|double_illuminate]]</code>, <code>[[Reference:Hollow Object Modifier|hollow]]</code>, <code>[[Reference:Photons|photons]]</code> and <c
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• Reference:The Object Zoo
  <li>[[Reference:Object Modifiers|Object Modifiers]]</li>
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• Reference:Bounded By Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:bounded_by, object modifiers}}
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• Reference:Clipped By Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:clipped_by, object modifier}}
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• Reference:Double Illuminate Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:double_illuminate, object modifier}}
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• Reference:Hollow Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:hollow, object modifier}}
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• Reference:Inverse Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:inverse, object modifier}}
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• Reference:No Image Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:no_image, object modifier}}
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• Reference:No Radiosity Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] ...mage</code>, <code>no_reflection</code> and <code>no_shadow</code> make an object invisible to primary, reflected and shadow test rays, respectively.</p>
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• Reference:No Reflection Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:no_reflection, object modifier}}
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• Reference:No Shadow Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:no_shadow, object modifier}}
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• Knowledgebase:Language Questions and Tips
  ...e> block which allows to easily attach an object to the light source. This object implicitly doesn't cast any shadows. You can make something like this:</p> ...both things, the <code>light_source</code> and the <code>looks_like</code> object, at the origin, and then translate them to their right place, also the <cod
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• Documentation:Contents
  ....1.4 [[Documentation:Tutorial Section 2#Describing an Object|Describing an Object]] ...tation:Tutorial Section 2#Adding Texture to an Object|Adding Texture to an Object]]
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 2
  ====Describing an Object==== {{#indexentry:Object, describing}}
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• Reference:Interior
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] <p>Introduced in POV-Ray v3.1 is an object modifier statement called <code>
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• Reference:Photons
  a photon hits an object after passing through (or bouncing off of) the target object, the ray intersection is stored in memory. This data is later used to
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 3.3
  ====Superquadric Ellipsoid Object==== <p>Sometimes we want to make an object that does not have perfectly sharp
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 3
  ====Lathe Object==== ...for creating much the same kind of items, although we are referring to the object itself rather than the means of production.</p>
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• Documentation:Tutorial Table of Contents
  ::* [[Documentation:Tutorial Section 2#Describing an Object|Describing an Object]] ...tation:Tutorial Section 2#Adding Texture to an Object|Adding Texture to an Object]]
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• Reference:Shapes.inc
  <li><code>Obj</code> = The object to test for intersection with.</li> ...min_extent() and max_extent() to get the corners of the bounding box of an object. It returns these values through the Min and Max parameters.</p>
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 2.1
  object. We change the word <code>union</code> to <code>intersection</code> and <p>We trace the file and will see a lens-shaped object instead of the two
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 4.1
  <p><em>&quot;When I rotate an object, it dissapears from the image or moves very object: It always rotates around the axis (what is the center of the object
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• Documentation:Reference Table of Contents
  ::::* [[Reference:Camera#Mesh Object|Mesh Object]] :::* [[Reference:Photons#Shooting Photons at an Object|Shooting Photons at an Object]]
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 3.2
  ====Isosurface Object==== ...hich is a requirement for the isosurface object, is represented by the box object and the <code>contained_by</code> keyword in the isosurface definition.</p>
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 3.1
  ====Mesh Object==== triangles the mesh object stores the triangles more efficiently. Copies of
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• Reference:Transforms.inc
  ...e scale, rotate, etc. The descriptions will assume you are working with an object, but the macros will work fine for textures, etc.</p> ...nt lengths to affect scaling, or use perpendicular vectors to reorient the object.</p>
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 3.7
  ====Multiple medias inside the same object==== <p>One solution for this is to use both types of medias inside the same object.
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 4.3
  <li>The object in the left of the image is just a regular POV-Ray sphere with <li>The object in right of the image is a mesh of smooth triangles.</li>
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• Knowledgebase:Misconceptions
  <p class="Question">Motion blur leaves a trace behind the object</p> ...nception is that the motion blur leaves a trace behind the object, but the object itself is more or less sharp.</p>
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• Reference:Light Source
  <p>The <code>light_source</code> is not really an object. Light sources have no visible shape of their own. They are just points or looks_like { OBJECT } |
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• Reference:Finish
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] ...properties to an object. Therefore you may attach a finish directly to an object without explicitly specifying it as part of a texture. For example instead
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 2.2
  on the reflective properties of an object. Ray-tracing can exploit this by Suppose we wanted a very bumpy surface on the object. It would be very
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 5
  for making modifications to it. "Object code" means any non-source produce the work, or an object code interpreter used to run it.
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• HowTo:Use POV-Ray with Blender
  ...etc. all accessible in neighboring tabs contextually depending on selected object (geometry, camera, light...) == Object Properties ==
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• HowTo:Use POV-Ray with Blender/Developers page
  ...lly limited. Currently, for more advanced features such as mesh modifiers, object types, or shader nodes, C/C++ must be used. """Do things to an object"""
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• Reference:UV Mapping
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] the surface of the object. This is especially true for bicubic_patch objects and mesh
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• Knowledgebase:The Shadow Line Artifact
  <li>The object in the left of the image is just a regular POV-Ray sphere with a normal mod <li>The object in right of the image is a mesh of smooth triangles.</li>
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 4.2
  ....povray.org/links/POV-Ray_Include_Macro_and_Object_Files/Include Macro and Object Files]. with the object anymore...)</li>
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• Reference:Object
  ...arameters which further define its location and/or shape and some optional object modifiers such as texture, interior_texture, pigment, normal, finish, inter OBJECT:
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• Reference:Object Pattern
  {{#indexentry:object, keyword}} {{#indexentry:object, pattern}}
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• Knowledgebase:Miscellaneous
  ...urse supposing that it doesn't matter if the texture doesn't move with the object anymore...)</li> ...reflecting and refracting objects is that the rays will bounce inside the object until max_trace_level is reached, and this is very slow.)</li>
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• Reference:Blob
  <p>Blobs are an interesting and flexible object type. Mathematically they are iso-surfaces of scalar fields, i.e. their sur ...t has its maximum at the center of the object and drops off to zero at the object's surface. The field strength of all those components are added together to
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• Reference:Keywords
  <code>[[Reference:Bounded By Object Modifier|:bounded_by|bounded_by]]</code><br> <code>[[Reference:Clipped By Object Modifier|:clipped_by|clipped_by]]</code><br>
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• Reference:Numeric Expressions
  expressions.<code>O</code> is an object identifier to a pre-declared object.</p> ....0, when the vector <code>V</code> is outside the object, specified by the object-identifier <code>O</code>, or 1.0 if it is inside.</p>
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• Reference:Surface of Revolution
  <p>The <code>sor</code> object is a <em>surface of revolution</em> generated by rotating the graph of a fu ...value, i.e. one radius value. You cannot rotate closed curves with the SOR object. Also, make sure that the curve does not cross zero (y-axis) as this can re
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• Reference:Bounded By Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:bounded_by, object modifiers}}
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• Reference:Julia Fractal
  {{#indexentry:fractal object}} <p>A <em>julia fractal</em> object is a 3-D <em>slice</em> of a 4-D object
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• Reference:User Defined Macros
  <p>Here is a simple macro that creates a window frame object when you specify the inner and outer dimensions.</p> such as an object, texture, etc. then the macro acts like a function which
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• Reference:Constructive Solid Geometry
  ...eate more, and more complex shapes. See also: [[Reference:Object Modifiers|Object Modifiers]].</p> two regions. One region is inside the object and one is outside. Given any
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• Reference:Material
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:material, object modifier}}
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 3.6
  object you will not get any fog effects. For a detailed explanation why this ...e the camera is outside these objects (using the <code>[[Reference:Inverse Object Modifier|inverse]]</code>
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• Reference:Clipped By Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:clipped_by, object modifier}}
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• Reference:Pigment
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] ...is called <code>pigment</code> because we are defining the basic color the object actually is rather than how it looks.</p>
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• Reference:Object Modifiers
  ...h as a [[Reference:Sphere|sphere]] or a [[Reference:Box|box]] to a complex object using <em>Constructive Solid Geometry</em> or [[Reference:Constructive Soli ...inate Object Modifier|double_illuminate]]</code>, <code>[[Reference:Hollow Object Modifier|hollow]]</code>, <code>[[Reference:Photons|photons]]</code> and <c
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 3.9
  scene and see what does the ray hit. If the ray hits the surface of an object the object at the intersection point. In the most basic lighting model
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• HowTo:Contents
  *[[HowTo:Use the blob object | How to: Use the blob object]] *[[HowTo:Use the isosurface object | How to: Use the isosurface object]]
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• Knowledgebase:POV-Ray Questions and Tips
  ...KB:Language Questions and Tips#Topic 4|How do I use an image to texture my object?]]</li> ...[[KB:Language Questions and Tips#Topic 7|How can I find the size of a text object / center text / justify text?]]</li>
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• Knowledgebase:Moray
  ...Question">When I use an object created with Moray directly in POV-Ray, the object is mirrored. What can I do?</p> object
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• Reference:Vector Expressions
  minimum and maximum coordinates of a <em>declared</em> object's bounding box (Corner1 ...orner2), in effect allowing you to find the dimensions and location of the object.</p>
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• HowTo:Use constructive solid geometry
  The [[union]] object is a way to apply a universal group to a family of objects. Their appearanc To declare a union object:
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• Reference:Camera
  use is to map it onto an object and if you specify transformations for the object before the texture, say in an animation, it will look like
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• Reference:Media
  ...code>halo</code> for effects enclosed in a transparent or semi-transparent object. The other was <code>atmosphere</code> for effects that permeate the entire ...for further details on this change. See [[Reference:Interior#Object-Media|Object Media]]
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• Reference:Radiosity
  ...added to the <code>finish</code> block if the intent is to model a glowing object.</p> ...the first object each ray encounters. Importance can be assigned on a per-object basis using the following syntax:
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• Reference:Union
  entity that can be manipulated as a single object. The image above shows the union of <code>A</code> and <code>B</code>. The new object created by the
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• Reference:Declare and Local Directives
  FLOAT; | VECTOR; | COLOR; | STRING | OBJECT | TEXTURE | object { Rod scale y*5 } // not &quot;cylinder { Rod }&quot;
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 3.4
  to give various parts of an object different finishes, as we are doing here, about checker, hexagon, the brick pattern and the object pattern.</p>
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• Knowledgebase:Smooth Triangle Artifact
  ...rn the ''true'' normal vector for the given point in their surface. For an object to render correctly, it ''must'' give the exact normal vector (ie. a vector ...ine shoots a ray and it hits the surface of an object, the engine asks the object ''What's the normal vector at this point in your surface?''. Now, if the an
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• Knowledgebase:Macro Files
  ...ys, for example to create an egg shape by scaling a sphere asymmetrically. Object merging supported for perfect transparent objects.</p> ...triangles, with an input of only two vectors (just like in the regular box object statement). Useful for exporting from POV-Ray.</p>
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• Reference:Meshmaker.inc
  ...Generates a mesh2 from an array of splines and optionally writes the mesh2 object as a file of the given <code>FileName</code>.<br> <dd>Generates and optionally writes a mesh2 object based on 3 input arrays,
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• Reference:Normal
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] ...effects. Much of our perception depends on the reflective properties of an object. Ray tracing can exploit this by playing tricks on our perception to make u
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• HowTo:Build a basic scene
  ...u're up in the air and don't have the floor for a reference you can use an object you build yourself to gauge the distance. Here's how to build a simple rul #declare MyOrigin = object {
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• HowTo:Create animations
  ==Animating object properties== ...birds or fish, and call a macro which calculates the new state for every object (position, speed) and stores it for use in the next frame. This calculation
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• Reference:Transformations
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] ...code>, and <code>translate</code>. They are used to turn, size and move an object or texture. A transformation matrix may also be used to specify complex tra
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• Reference:Atmospheric Media
  ...he scene but not attached to any object. All areas not inside a non-hollow object in the entire scene. A very simple approach to add fog to a scene is explai ...mple. This means that sampling media is only possible for rays that hit an object, so no atmospheric media will show up against the <code>background</code> o
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• Reference:Cutaway Textures
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] object, it is sometimes desirable to allow the object to retain its original texture. Generally,
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• Reference:Hollow Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:hollow, object modifier}}
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• Reference:Inverse Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:inverse, object modifier}}
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• Reference:No Image Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:no_image, object modifier}}
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• Reference:No Reflection Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:no_reflection, object modifier}}
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• Reference:Prism
  <p>The <code>prism</code> is an object generated by specifying one or more two-dimensional, closed curves in the x <p>The interpretation of the points depends on the spline type. The prism object allows you to use any number of sub-prisms inside one prism statement, they
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• Reference:Rand.inc
  ...ounding box (because it will take more attempts to find a point inside the object). This macro is best used on finite, solid objects (non-solid objects, such <li><code>Object</code> = The object the macro chooses the points from.</li>
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• Reference:Screen.inc
  ...creen_Object (Object, Position, Spacing, Confine, Scaling)</code>: Puts an object in front of the camera.</p> <li><code>Object</code> = The object to place in front of the screen.</li>
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• Reference:Sphere Sweep
  <p>The syntax of the <code>sphere_sweep</code> object is:</p> results in a curved object.</li>
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• HowTo:Plan your scenes
  #Is it an object, an idea, or a full fledged scene? ...s to ask yourself, what's the best way to show off the most detail of this object and still get the message across? Positioning, along with everything else i
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• Reference:Lemon
  <p>{{New}} to version 3.8 the <code>lemon</code> object has been added. It is similar to the <code>cone</code> in that it's basical object { LightSource (1.0) rotate x*40 }
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• Reference:Animation Options
  <code>clock</code>. If an object had a <code>rotate &lt;0,clock,0&gt;</code> attached then you could rotate the object by different amounts over different
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• Reference:Color Expressions
  to pass through. The color of the object is subtracted from the light passing <p>The color of the object and the color transmitted through the object
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 1
  Every time an object is hit, the color of the surface at that point is ...<em>potential</em> field of a <code>blob</code> or <code>isosurface</code> object</li>
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• HowTo:Use radiosity
  ...the other objects around us, likewise, not all of the light coming from an object is directly from a light source. The light we see may have been reflected ...the [[finish|finish block]] of a [[texture]], which gives the color of the object when no light is shining on it.
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• Knowledgebase:Object and Scene Files
  <p class="Hint">A listing of object and scene files sites in alphabetical order.</p> :<p>POV-Ray scene files and objects by Francisco Munoz, Uploaded to POVRay Object Collection when Geocities closed. </p>
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• Reference:Default Directive
  ...ll modify the existing texture. If no texture has yet been attached to the object then the default texture is copied and the pigment, normal or finish will m ...attached when the object appears in the scene. It is not attached when an object is declared.</p>
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• Reference:Image Map
  ...u may translate, rotate or scale the pigment or texture to map it onto the object's surface as desired.</p> ...image is made from rows and columns of these rods bundled together and the object is then carved from the bundle.</p>
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• Reference:Mesh
  <p>The <code>mesh</code> object can be used to efficiently store large numbers of triangles.</p> <p>The <code>mesh</code> object can support <code>uv_mapping</code>. For this, per triangle the keyword <co
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• Reference:No Shadow Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:no_shadow, object modifier}}
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• Reference:Parametric
  ...ns like <strong><em>F(x,y,z) = 0</em></strong> the <code>parametric</code> object uses is a set of equations for a surface expressed in the form of the param <p>The <code>parametric</code> object is not a solid it is <em>hollow</em>, like a thin shell. The syntax is as f
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• Reference:Plane
  of paper. A plane is a solid object of infinite size that divides POV-space solid object but it is more common with planes. Users typically know when
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• Reference:Spline
  of a moving object: the spline itself would be the path traced out by the object and the 'parameter' would be time; as time changes the object's position moves along the
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• Reference:Texture
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] <p>The <code>texture</code> statement is an object modifier which describes
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• Reference:Density
  ...hexagon</code> and <code>brick</code>, as well as the object pattern <code>object</code>.</p> <p>It is possible to have more than one <code>media</code> specified per object and it is legal to have more than one <code>density</code> per <code>media<
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• Reference:Bump Map
  ...u may translate, rotate or scale the pigment or texture to map it onto the object's surface as desired.</p>
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• Reference:Difference
  the first object and the inverse of all subsequent objects. Thus only points inside object <code>A</code> and outside object <code>B</code> belong to the
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• Reference:Fog
  keyword. At depth 0 the final color is the object's color. If the of the object's color and 36% of the fog's color.</p>
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• Reference:Lathe
  <p>The <code>lathe</code> is an object generated from rotating a two-dimensional curve about an axis. This curve i ...urve. The curve thus defined is rotated about the y-axis to form the lathe object, centered at the origin.</p>
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• Reference:Light Group
  LIGHT_GROUP OBJECT | LIGHT_GROUP OBJECT:
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• Reference:Ovus
  ...{{Change}} in version 3.8 has extended the syntax of the <code>ovus</code> object by adding <code>radius</code>, <code>distance</code> and <code>precision</c ...you can now add the <code>[[Reference:Sturm Object Modifier|sturm]]</code> object modifier.</p>
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• Reference:Patterned Textures
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] projected</em> onto the object as though there were a slide projector
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• Reference:Quadric
  <p>The <code>quadric</code> object can produce shapes like paraboloids (dish on the surface of the object. The answer will be negative if the point is
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• Documentation:Mac OS Section 7
  ===How to use TrueType fonts with the text object=== <p>Using TrueType fonts with the [[Reference:Text|text]] object, <em>may</em> require an additional [[Reference:Scene Parsing Options#Libra
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• Reference:Slope Pattern
  ...defined from 0 to 1 units along the specified axis. This is fine when your object is defined within this range, otherwise a correction is needed. This can be <p>For example, with an <code>&lt;Altitude&gt;</code> vector set to y and an object going from -3 to 2 on
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• HowTo:Fix unexpected invisibility
  One thing to check is whether your object is declared AND instanciated in the scene. So in the case of pre declared o // The object to be shown is declared here:
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• Knowledgebase:Include Files
  :<p>This include file will create a realistic feather object.</p> *[http://lib.povray.org/searchcollection/index2.php POV-Ray Object Collection]
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• Reference:Potential Pattern
  ...<em>potential</em> field of a <code>blob</code> or <code>isosurface</code> object.</p> ...de> the pattern will take the <code>blob</code> or <code>isosurface</code> object's <em>potential minus the threshold</em>; otherwise it will take the <em>ra
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• Reference:Double Illuminate Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:double_illuminate, object modifier}}
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• Reference:Isosurface
  ...he <code>isosurface</code> [[Documentation:Tutorial Section 3.2#Isosurface Object|tutorial]] for more about working with <em>isosurfaces</em>.</p> ...<em>potential</em> field of a <code>blob</code> or <code>isosurface</code> object. See also: [[Reference:Potential Pattern|Potential Pattern]].</p>
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• HowTo:Use conditional structures
  ... Definition of some complex object that looks like a sphere at great distances. ... object {MyComplexObject}
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• Reference:No Radiosity Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] ...mage</code>, <code>no_reflection</code> and <code>no_shadow</code> make an object invisible to primary, reflected and shadow test rays, respectively.</p>
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• Reference:Pattern
  define the color, bumpiness and other properties of an object. You specify putting wallpaper on an object. The patterns exist in 3d and the objects are
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• Reference:Quartic
  <p>Also 4th order equations may be specified with the <code>quartic</code> object.</p> ...red you can add the <code>[[Reference:Sturm Object Modifier|sturm]]</code> object modifier.</p>
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• Reference:Scene Description Language
  OBJECT | ...nce:Language Directives|Language Directives]], section [[Reference:Object|:Object|Objects]], section [[Reference:Camera|:Camera|Camera]], section [[Reference
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• Reference:Sturm Object Modifier
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] {{#indexentry:sturm, object modifier}}
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• Reference:Superquadric Ellipsoid
  <p>The <code>superellipsoid</code> object creates a shape known as a <em> superquadric ellipsoid</em> object. It is an extension of the quadric
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• Reference:Textures.inc
  <dd>Gray-pink alabaster or marble. Layers are scaled for a unit object and relative to each other.<!--</dd>---> <dd>The scaling in these definitions is relative to a unit-sized object (radius 1).
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• Reference:Tracing Options
  ray-object intersection tests. The primary system uses a hierarchy of nested In general, any finite object and many types of CSG of finite objects will
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• Knowledgebase:Utilities
  ...urces/links/POV-Ray_Include_Macro_and_Object_Files/Object_and_Scene_Files/ Object and Scene Files] page.</p> .../resources/links/POV-Ray_Include_Macro_and_Object_Files/ Include Macro and Object Files] page.</p>
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• Knowledgebase:POV-Ray Links Collection
  ...may browse the [http://lib.povray.org/searchcollection/index2.php POV-Ray Object Collection].</p> *[[KB:POV-Ray Include Macro and Object Files|POV-Ray Include, Macro and Object Files]]
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• HowTo:Use the plane object
  ...at surface that extends infinitely in all directions (unless clipped by an object). Planes are considered to have a volume, any point that is "under" the pl We can use the clipped_by object modifier to render only the portion of the plane within the clipping shape.
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• Reference:Discontinuous Patterns
  ...eir slope is infinite. These patterns are <em>not</em> suitable for use as object normals. These patterns work best with textures and media:</p> <code>[[Reference:Object Pattern|object]]</code><br>
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• Reference:Media Types
  ...the green light but permits red and blue to get through. Therefore a white object behind the media will appear magenta. The default value is <code>rgb&lt;0,0 ...e other objects if radiosity is used with media on. This is similar to an object with high <code>ambient</code> values. The default value is <code>rgb&lt;0,
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• Reference:Sampling Parameters & Methods
  ...tervals spans the entire length of the ray from its start until it hits an object. For media types which interact with spotlights or cylinder lights, the int
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• Reference:Cubic
  <p>The <code>cubic</code> object ...red you can add the <code>[[Reference:Sturm Object Modifier|sturm]]</code> object modifier.</p>
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• Reference:Interior Texture
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] object {
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• Reference:Layered Textures
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] object {
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• Documentation:Mac OS Table of Contents
  ...rueType fonts with the text object|How to use TrueType fonts with the text object]]
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• Reference:Poly
  ...red you can add the <code>[[Reference:Sturm Object Modifier|sturm]]</code> object modifier.</p>
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• Reference:Strings
  used as a file name, text for messages or text for a text object. Strings may <p>New users might expect this to create a text object using the font
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• Reference:Text
  <p>A <code>text</code> object creates 3-D text as an extruded block letter. Currently only TrueType fonts ...sion. The string expression which follows is the actual text of the string object. It too may be a quoted string literal or string expression. See section <!
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• Reference:Torus
  ...red you can add the <code>[[Reference:Sturm Object Modifier|sturm]]</code> object modifier.</p>
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• Reference:Warp
  ...> warp works with any object whereas the uv-mapping only works for the box object. See the section on [[Reference:UV Mapping#Supported Objects|box]] uv-mappi
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• HowTo:Use macros and loops
  ...of the macro. This is where you do loops or object creation or loops with object creation, whatever. This is where you get the job done.
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• Knowledgebase:POV-Ray Include Macro and Object Files
  *[[KB:Object and Scene Files|Object and Scene Files]]
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• Knowledgebase:Conversion Utilities
  :<p>This tool by Joern Thiemann converts Lego bricks (LDraw-Object Files (*.dat)) into Lightwave Objects (*.lwo) and Lightwave Scenes (*.lws) ...key that converts a MacroModel data file into a Persistence of Vision blob object. This allows you to ray-trace some really pretty pictures of your favourite
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• Knowledgebase:POV-Ray Modelling Programs
  :<p>This plugin is an attempt to make object plugin coding for Moray easier, by allowing authors to code them using a sc :<p>Probably the most useful object editor for the Macintosh; it handles blobs and lathes as well as the simple
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• Reference:Pattern Modifiers
  around the object.</p> <code>brick</code>, <code>object</code> and <code>hexagon</code> nor do they effect <code>
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• Reference:Slope Map
  ...ed with any pattern except <code>brick</code>, <code>checker</code>, <code>object</code>, <code>hexagon</code>, <code>bumps</code>, <code>dents</code>, <code object{ My_Object
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• Knowledgebase:Object Collection migration
  ==About the Object Collection== ...eocities to the [http://lib.povray.org/searchcollection/index2.php POV-Ray Object Collection]. Discussion toward this end has occurred on the POV-Ray newsgro
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• Keyword
  [[Keyword:object|object]]<br>
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• Reference:The Object Zoo
  <li>[[Reference:Object Modifiers|Object Modifiers]]</li>
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• Reference:Scene File Elements
  <li>[[Reference:Object|Object]]</li>
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• Reference:Scaling normals
  <p>When scaling a normal, or when scaling an object after a normal is applied to it, the depth of the normal is affected by the ...that texture or normal. Scaling of the parent texture or normal or of the object will affect the depth of the bumps, unless <code>no_bump_scale</code> is sp
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• Reference:Background
  ...background color can be specified if desired. Any ray that does not hit an object will be colored with this color. The default background is black. The synta ...fect (i.e. where the background could otherwise have been seen through the object). Now, however, the background color is taken into account, even if it is n
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• Reference:Bitmap Modifiers
  ...lowed by an integer number specifying the way to wrap the image around the object.</p> ...i>A <code>map_type 1</code> gives a spherical mapping. It assumes that the object is a sphere of any size sitting at the origin. The y-axis is the north/sout
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• Reference:Bozo Pattern
  Now let's place an object into this room along with an artist. The artist measures the temperature at each point on the object and paints that
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• Reference:Checker Pattern
  to a box object. Finally imagine cutting away at the cube until it is carved would look like on an object of any kind.</p>
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• Reference:Color Map
  ...cept <code>brick</code>, <code>checker</code>, <code>hexagon</code>, <code>object</code> and <code>image_map</code>. You may also declare and use <code>color object {
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• Reference:Comments
  object { FooBar } // this is an object
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• Reference:Conditional Directives
  object{User_Thing} // invoke identifier object { MyObject translate x*3*Count }
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• Reference:File I/O Directives
  object's position can be written while parsing the current frame and
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• HowTo:Manage your variables
  ...org/usersguide/04contributing.html#prep requirements page] for the POV-Ray Object Collection has some good recommendations: ...named objects, textures, pigments, normals etc. For example the 'Netball' object exposes the NB_BallRadius variable to enable the radius of the ball to be c
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• Reference:Global Settings
  object and when shadow rays are cast. When a ray hits a reflective surface, <p>Previous versions of POV-Ray used a set of internal stacks to collect ray/object intersection points. As of version 3.7 <code>max_intersections</code> has b
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• Reference:Halo
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]] <code>media</code> statements which are object modifiers outside the <code>
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• Reference:Height Field
  In addition to all the usual object modifiers, there are three additional <p>The height field object also allows for substituting a [[Reference:Function Pattern|user defined fu
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• Reference:Intersection
  <p>The <code>intersection</code> object creates a shape containing only those ...><strong>Note:</strong> If all components do not overlap, the intersection object disappears.</p>
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• Reference:Introduction
  <li>An [[Reference:The Object Zoo|Object Zoo]] section that covers built-in <em>objects</em> available for use in sc
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• HowTo:Fix unexpected image output
  *Your camera is right up close to a black object. *Your camera is inside an object with ambient 0 in its finish statement and no light source within.
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• Documentation:Windows Section 5.2
  <p>The Insert menu allows you to insert header sections, object definitions, etc. into a file you are editing with the internal editor, wit (such as a small object moving from frame to frame, while the rest of the image stays static).
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 3.5
  that do not hit any object. This is done in the following way.</p>
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• Documentation:Tutorial Section 3.8
  ...or create a series of objects. For each iteration another instance of that object is created. Here, however, we are only interested in the value that results
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• Reference:Pigment Pattern
  <p>Use any pigment as a pattern. Instead of using the pattern directly on the object, a
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• Reference:Polygon
  <p>The <code>polygon</code> object is useful for creating rectangles, squares
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• Reference:Polynomial
  outer surface. The following object declaration is for a torus having major
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• Documentation:Mac OS Section 5
  <p>This changes the bounding slab object threshold switch (+MBnn), or
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• Reference:Smooth Triangle
  The <code>mesh</code> object is a way to combine many <code>triangle</code>
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• Reference:Sphere
  <p>The syntax of the <code>sphere</code> object is:</p>
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• Reference:Sunpos.inc
  ...imuth) and <code>Al</code> (Altitude), these can be useful for aligning an object (media container) with the sunlight. Assumption: in the scene north is in t
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• Reference:Triangle Texture Interpolation
  [[Category:Object Modifiers]]
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• Knowledgebase:3D Solid Construction Methods
  ...puter Graphics. The function representation (or F-rep) defines a geometric object by a single real continuous function of point coordinates as F(X) >= 0. F-r
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• Knowledgebase:Chemical Molecular Modelling Programs
  ...am which converts a MacroModel data file into a Persistence of Vision blob object. This allows you to ray-trace some really pretty pictures of your favourite
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• Knowledgebase:Misc POV-Ray Utilities
  *[http://www.shaders.org/graphics_factory/objgen.htm Object creation using winbatch]
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• Knowledgebase:Modelling Programs
  :<p>Animation Editor for Realistic Object movements. AERO is a simulation program based on rigid body systems. With t
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• Knowledgebase:Raytracing and Rendering Programs
  :<p>The Lightflow Rendering Interface is an object oriented programming interface to synthetic rendering, which provides a com
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• Knowledgebase:Splines and Piping
  ...then obtain a 3D shaded preview (via OpenGL library) of the corresponding object. It takes advantage of an accelerated video card if present.</p>
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• Reference:Finite Patch Primitives
  <li>The parts of the patch that intersect the solid object will be visible.</li>
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• Reference:Chars.inc
  object {char_A ...}
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• Documentation:Mac OS Section 8
  pThis changes the bounding slab object threshold switch (+MBnn), or
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• Reference:Crackle Pattern
  ...le pattern coordinate space. Scaled smaller than the density of actual ray-object-intersections computed, it will eventually lead to a separate crackle cache
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• Reference:Disc
  <p>Another flat, finite object available with POV-Ray is the <code>
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• Reference:Font Files
  ...t-in</em> to the application. See the <code>[[Reference:Text|text]]</code> object for more details.</p>
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• Reference:Functions.inc
  <li><code>P2</code> : Size. Increasing this increases the size of the object</li>
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• Reference:Image Pattern
  <p>Instead of placing the color of the image on the object using an <code>image_map</code>, the <code>image_pattern</code> specifies a
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• Reference:Shapes3.inc
  <dd>Segment of an object around the y axis. The angle starts at positive x axis.<br>
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• HowTo:Fix artifacts
  If you are trying to model a single object with both an inside and outside texture, you might try using the [[Document
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• Reference:Logo.inc
  <dd> The POV-Ray logo object<!--</dd>--->
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• Reference:Mesh2
  <p>Best practices dictate that the <code>mesh2</code> object definition <em>SHOULD</em> be specified in the following order:</p>
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