General
(used for...)
- setting up the environment variables
- setting up the virtual memory
- configuring the mouse
- displaying scene statistics
- launching the image-viewer
- launching the text-/scene-editor
- shelling out to the DOS command-line
- exiting POVLAB
File
(used for...)
- starting a new scene
- renaming existing scenes
- loading/saving/merging scenes
- saving a selection as new scene
- exporting a scene to a *.POV-file
- setting the tab-width for exported POV-files
- switching the auto-save-on-exit function ON/OFF
Display
(used for...)
- redrawing the viewports
- switching the axis-/grid-/dot-grid-display ON/OFF
- selecting the display-mode (normal, fast cubic)
- switching the omni-/spot-/area-/cylindrical- light-display ON/OFF
- setting up the amount of displayed faces for meshed-objects (torus etc)
- accessing the image-controls
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Interface
(used for...)
- setting up the colors of the POVLAB-user-interface
- switching between 16-/256-color-interface
- selecting the image for a textured user interface
- switching the inline-help-messages ON/OFF
- setting up, whether POVLAB starts/exits with smooth fade-ins/-outs
- selecting the interface-resolution (640/800/1024)
Tools
(used for...)
- copying objects by translation/rotation
- extruding 2D-shapes into 3D-shapes
- aligning objects to other objects/paths
- creating 3D-text-objects
- running a tool from the plugin-library
- creating/editing B-Splines/vertices
- smoothing the triangles RAW-objects
Objects
(used for...)
- pasting predefined POVLAB-objects into the current scene
- creating/altering heightfield-objects
? (Help)
(used for...)
- accessing the help-display
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