POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Import and export geometry : Re: Import and export geometry Server Time
28 Apr 2024 11:28:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Import and export geometry  
From: clipka
Date: 14 Sep 2016 16:37:41
Message: <57d9b515$1@news.povray.org>
Am 14.09.2016 um 21:19 schrieb lelama:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>> Am 14.09.2016 um 12:59 schrieb Berserk:
>>> Please, add geometry import and export to povray, maybe .obj or other formats.
>>
>> Import for .obj: Happens to have been added to an experimental branch
>> /just right now/, soon to be included in official POV-Ray ;)
> 
> Probably not the priority, but exporting to formats supported by 3d-printers
> would be nice. I heard that stl is used by many printers.
> 
> At the moment, there are few, or maybe no tools if one wants to print a
> simple thing with a 3d printer. Cad software is awfully too complicated for
> simple things. Povray is simple enough. A little description with povray and an
> export would be nice.

Have a look at HgPovray; it does indeed feature tesselation and STL export.

Alternatively, OpenSCAD may be a tool to have a look at (though I
confess I prefer the POV-Ray syntax).


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