Chris B nous apporta ses lumieres en ce 2007/07/26 05:38:
> "marciano" <nomail@nomail> wrote in message 
> news:web.46a7ccfedf6f61bc42ce5db10@news.povray.org...
>> Hello.
>> I've just downloaded POV-Ray.
>> From 'Getting started'
>> "|Starting POV-Ray rendering any scene file is as simple as opening the 
>> file
>> via the File menu. Then go to the Render menu and start rendering. By
>> default POV-Ray will write an image to disk to the same folder as the 
>> scene
>> file you rendered|"
>>
>> I file-open cylinder1.pov and go to Render menu -> all options are light
>> grey  -> cannot render
>> Then I try' Window-Render queue' and 'Add files to queue'
>> 'Add POV-Ray text file(s) to render queue' is the title of the popup 
>> window.
>> Cannot select any text file in Templates directory, all are ligth gray.
>> I do could add box.pov file to Render Queue
>> Perform "Start Render Queue"  -> box.pov text content is displayed
>> No render image is generated.
>>
>> How it is supose to render any file?
>>
>> I've set Render engine for G4, unmarked "allow rendering .pov files only"
>>
>> Thank you in advance
>>
> 
> Hi Marciano,
> 
> Somehow your posting seems to have become attached to the end of Lhainel's 
> 'Getting Started' thread in the newsgroup. I'm guessing you did a 'Reply 
> Group' instead of a 'New Post'. As a consequence you'll find that a lot less 
> people will have read your question because people tend not to pay so much 
> attention to old threads.
> 
> To get to the bottom of your problem it would be handy to indicate which 
> version of POV-Ray you downloaded. There is a beta-test version 3.7 on the 
> go at the moment, but if you're new to POV-Ray you should be running the 
> latest established 3.6 version. It would also be handy to know what platform 
> you're on. I would guess it's one of the Windows operating systems. Where 
> people have reported on this news group having menu options greyed out in 
> the past I think that it has largely resulted from problems with the 
> installation leaving environment variables that don't correctly point to 
> required directories.
> 
> If the installation worked ok, then you should be able to open POV-Ray and 
> select the 'Render' menu option 'Run demo' and it should render an image in 
> a pop-up window on the screen, writing information about the work that it's 
> done into the Messages tab in the main window.
> 
> Loading a file like cylinder1.pov into the Windows version of POV-Ray should 
> display it's contents (in this case a camera setting and a few simple 
> objects). You should then be able to select 'Render', 'Start rendering' or 
> hit the 'Run' icon which is a green circle containing a representation of a 
> running man. Once again this should pop-up a window and render the image 
> into it while reporting on progress into the Messages tab.
> 
> Hope this helps. If not I'd recommend starting a new thread with a bit more 
> detail about platform, version, etc.
> 
> Regards,
> Chris B.
> 
> 
He mentioned "G4", so, he's on a Mac.
There is still no beta for the Mac = using V3.6.x.
I have no knowlege about the Mac version, so I can't offer more help.

-- 
Alain
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