public void doWrite() {
    //		try {
    // some declarations in the POV file
    NumberFormat frm = FloatFormat.getInstance();

    // tree scale
    w.println(
        "#declare " + povrayDeclarationPrefix + "height = " + frm.format(tree.getHeight()) + ";");

    // leaf declaration
    if (tree.getLeafCount() != 0) writeLeafDeclaration();

    // stems
    progress.beginPhase("writing stem objects", tree.getStemCount());

    for (int level = 0; level < tree.getLevels(); level++) {

      w.println("#declare " + povrayDeclarationPrefix + "stems_" + level + " = union {");

      POVConeStemWriter writer = new POVConeStemWriter(this, /*params,*/ level);
      tree.traverseTree(writer);

      w.println("}");
    }

    // leaves
    if (tree.getLeafCount() != 0) {

      progress.beginPhase("writing leaf objects", tree.getLeafCount());

      w.println("#declare " + povrayDeclarationPrefix + "leaves = union {");

      POVConeLeafWriter lexporter = new POVConeLeafWriter(this, /*params*/ tree);
      tree.traverseTree(lexporter);

      w.println("}");

    } else { // empty declaration
      w.println("#declare " + povrayDeclarationPrefix + "leaves = sphere {<0,0,0>,0}");
    }

    progress.endPhase();

    // all stems together
    w.println("#declare " + povrayDeclarationPrefix + "stems = union {");
    for (int level = 0; level < tree.getLevels(); level++) {
      w.println("  object {" + povrayDeclarationPrefix + "stems_" + level + "}");
    }
    w.println("}");

    w.flush();

    //		} catch (Exception e) {
    //			e.printStackTrace();
    //			System.err.println(e);
    //			throw new ExportError(e.getMessage());
    //		}
  }