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    16-May-95 23:20:19
Sb: #12145-#Tubes
Fm: GreG tsadilas 74774,232
To: WILLIAM G. BURKE 73613,1620
>> The sphere will leavc a trail behind it not to dissipate. I anticipate exploding the sphere at conclusion of path but want the 'trail' to remain; possibly to morph to a fog object. Am newish to IM but grasp Povray type modeling. << Bill, Great, this makes it a lot easier. <g> Check page 274 in the manual covering the GROW.IFX special effect. What you will do is create a disk, group it to your path, and with the GROW.IFX have the disk GROW (extrude as it follows the path over the number of specified frames). This will be your light trail. Assign whatever textures/attributes to the disk you want and have a go at it. You might even want to make the disk a FOG object. If you have difficulty with it, give a holler. -GreG