No, no, not that swing scene – doors. Swinging doors. They’re pretty simple, but they serve to illustrate a point about how scripted geometry works.

Here’s what we want: A door that swings open in steps, from 0 to 90 degrees. Using the RavenPrim, it’s easy to do, but not as simple as it looks.

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SL is for fun and expressing creativity. When I began the design of the RavenScript Main Store, I wanted a facility that had “SL Scripter” at the very core of its philosophy.

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cohen/49/43/42

I get a lot of questions about the logo. It’s a crop and slight tweak of a “Raven” ink by Haida artist Bill Reid. Beyond being too cool for words, I’ve been a lifelong fan of his, and wanted to pay him homage.

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RavenScript didn’t start as a grand vision. It started because some friends wanted me to write some scripts for them. A scanner. A teleport system. Sliding doors. A texture changer. Quick and dirty scripts. The problem is, I’ve been a professional programmer and software architect in RL for 25 years and I rather hate quick and dirty.

I prefer to write power software with a broad range of capabilities and tons of user flexibility. So while I was delivering early versions to my lead users, I started to think much more broadly about a system of builder’s scripts that would take most things builders want to do to a whole new level.

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