POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : Rendering CAD objects : Re: Rendering CAD objects Server Time
28 Jul 2024 14:22:37 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Rendering CAD objects  
From: Tom Millican
Date: 11 Sep 2008 09:53:10
Message: <48c922c6@news.povray.org>
akash wrote:

> 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?

Rhino has a POV export option built in. You can choose to export the entire
project as one large file or with each object as its own include file. You
can also use a slider to choose how fine the polygon mesh is. It works
quite well.


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