Ross wrote:
> "Derrick J Houy" <djh### [at] pawzaorg> wrote in message
> news:42665405@news.povray.org...
> 
>>A-DESIGN wrote:
>>
>>>How can I import DWG or DXF files into povray ?
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>
>>If you are using Windows, Poseray can import DXF files, and output them
>>as either mesh or mesh2 objects for Povray.
>>
>>You can get Poseray from:
>>
>>http://user.txcyber.com/~sgalls/
> 
> 
> slightly on-topic, Poseray works well enough to import files and export them
> as meshes under plain old Wine in Linux. The Poseray website says several
> emulators work but doesn't list Wine. It works for basic functionality, but
> some text doesn't render. Not sure that UV functions work, i never have
> really used UV mapping.
> 
> 
I have tried Poseray under Wine, but it keeps crashing on me, especially 
if I try to use the OpenGL display portion of it; which is useful to me 
for previewing subdivisions etc.

I would really love for this tool to work natively under Linux, but I 
guess I wil have to just keep on wishing.... ;)

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