POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.windows : Convert povray to another format : Re: Convert povray to another format Server Time
28 Sep 2024 18:10:18 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Convert povray to another format  
From: Warp
Date: 13 Dec 2003 15:09:11
Message: <3fdb71e7@news.povray.org>
natwod <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> I'm wondering if there is yet a way to convert a .pov sourcefile to another
> format.

  Nope.

  Short reason: Most other renderers use triangle meshes. POV-Ray usually
uses mathematically defined surfaces, not meshes.

  Longer explanation:
http://tag.povray.org/povQandT/filesQandT.html#povtootherformatsdifficulty

-- 
plane{-x+y,-1pigment{bozo color_map{[0rgb x][1rgb x+y]}turbulence 1}}
sphere{0,2pigment{rgbt 1}interior{media{emission 1density{spherical
density_map{[0rgb 0][.5rgb<1,.5>][1rgb 1]}turbulence.9}}}scale
<1,1,3>hollow}text{ttf"timrom""Warp".1,0translate<-1,-.1,2>}//  - Warp -


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