Tutorials 3dplumbing

psearch.py

The tiniest command line application which searches for the paths of files and directories. It's written in Python and pretty fast.

pclean.py

The fast command line clean-up application which recursively searches and permanently deletes temporary and backup or any files matching the pattern the user specified from your hard drive.

bk.py

Extremely fast crossplatform command line incremental backup tool which archives 1 G of data withing a couple of minutes with tar, gz and bz2 compression and saves to multiple folders of your choice.

Advanced Textures in POV-Ray

It would not be very correct to name these notes as a tutorial. It is more a reminder of some obscure and seldom used functions for creating complicated layered textures in POV-Ray 3.6.

POV-Ray 3.6 Textures Complete Guide

This Guide provides the code and appearance of all the textures and radiosity found in the include directory of the POV-Ray 3.6 for Windows. Every POV-Ray artist knows how difficult it is sometimes to find the exact parameters for the texture to match the scene. I took the textures codes from their .inc files, cataloged and put them into this Guide for people to modify at ease and to not be afraid of the syntax. This Guide is an excellent reference material for everyone who wants to study the popular freeware Persistence of Vision Raytracer.

Advanced Textures in POV-Ray

It would not be very correct to name these notes as a tutorial. It is more a reminder of some obscure and seldom used functions for creating complicated layered textures in POV-Ray 3.6.

Realistic Rocks and Stones in POV-Ray

Exploration on how to make realistic looking 3d rocks and stones in POV-Ray.

Flange Modeling

This tutorial is about how to make an eight-holed flange in Blender, an excellent freeware mesh modeler.

Animated Tree Growth

This tutorial is about how to animate a tree in Blender

Structure of the POV-Ray INI File Generated by Povanim

This tutorial is about how to achieve better results in rendering with POV-Ray by understanding the meaning of .ini files and command line switches.

Mail Perfect Setup

This is another way to set up your email on the Linux OS Debian Etch. The tutorial describes how to build an automatic mini MH mail server for your domestic needs. When everything is done, all you will have to do is to open from time to time one of the mail clients mentioned in this tutorial just to read your mails, which are waiting in your mail box to be read.

How to Install Up-to-Date Software On Debian Etch

This tutorial describes how to install the latest software on Debian Etch.

Desktops Gnome, KDE, XFCE4 and some applications.

Python-2.5 Easy Tutorials for Beginners

String Formatting

Ontario Building Code Part 7

This interactive tutorial is for those who are preparing to take a plumbing exam for an Ontario provincial license.

This tutorial will be removed from this site as soon as they change the Code at the exam. There won't be any updates. I got my license and am not interested in further developing this project.