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Linda Huang
Linda Huang

Reputation: 21

Does POV-Ray support regular units of measurements like inch, mm?

I want to translate the camera by 2 inches, but found that POV does not have unit declarations. Are there any default settings to declare 1=? If there is none, then how can I translate by 2 inches?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 112

Answers (1)

David Buck
David Buck

Reputation: 2847

The units in POVRay are arbitrary. If you want to model something in inches, just assume that all coordinates in inches (including the camera). Then translating by 2 means translating by 2 inches. You just need to be consistent that all distances are using the same units. Something that's two feet away has to be entered as 24 if you're assuming that 1 means an inch. If you want to do feet to inches conversions, you can create macros to do it.

Upvotes: 1

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