RAW Kemp wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> My name is Rob Kemp. Having enjoyed working with pov-ray 3.1g (win32
> version) I wonder if it is possible to convert the .pov files to other
> formats, like for example .3ds files.

  Currently there are no conversion utilities that can do this. It is
not impossible but it is something that is very difficult to do. POV-Ray
treats its primitives as mathematical constructs as opposed to the .3ds
format which treats objects as triangle constructs. If someday POV-Ray
adds the ability to internaly tesselate it's mathematical primitives
into triangle meshes it will make it possible to export to other 3D
file formats that rely on triangle based object creation.

  The hardest part of writing a stand alone conversion utility is
that you will need a scene file parser that is as powerful as the
parser that already exists as POV-Ray. It would take someone with
a considerable amount of time and programming experience to write
a stand alone application like this and so far no one has accepted
the challenge. The licensing agreement that POV-Ray uses forbids
ripping out the parser part of the program and using in other
applications such as this.

-- 
Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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