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28 Jul 2024 14:30:01 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Rendering CAD objects  
From: Alain
Date: 29 Aug 2008 00:46:46
Message: <48b77f36$1@news.povray.org>
akash nous illumina en ce 2008-08-27 17:54 -->
> I use CAD programs (SW, ProE, Rhino) a lot to design mechanical components. I
> would like to be able to render those CAD objects in POV-Ray for more visually
> pleasing presentation. Is there an easy way to bring CAD objects into POV-ray?
> How would one take a CAD definition and convert it into a renderable script?
> 
> 
Export your models to an intermediate file, such as .DXF. Most CAD programms can 
export to that format.
Import then into PoseRay.
 From PoseRay, export to POV (.pov or .inc)
Render in POV-Ray.

-- 
Alain
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Impressionism: From a distance, shit looks like a garden.


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