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From: Christoph Hormann
Date: 21 Oct 2002 11:57:07
Message: <3DB423D3.3887DD3E@gmx.de>

Luc H wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> I'd like to convert pov objects to mesh format.
> Is there a way to do that with FREE softs ?

There is no way converting povray shapes into a mesh, neither with free
not with 10000$ software, simply because you can't convert apples into
peaches.

You can of course approximate the shape using a tesselation method.  There
is a patch for this purpose available:

http://jgrimbert.free.fr/pov/patch/tessel/index.html

Christoph

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