On 11/5/2016 7:50 AM, Reuben Pearse wrote:
> In answer to my own question I've found meshcomp v3.0, a program for working
> with mesh files.
>
> I now have a workflow for converting POV-Ray CSG objects to OBJ files, using
> the following method:
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> Convert CSG to an Isosurface using William Pokorny's ObjectAsIso macro
> Convert Isosurface to mesh using Jaap Franks macro
> Convert mesh file to mesh2 format using meshcomp v3.0
> (WinMeshcomp30_beta3.zip)
> Convert mesh2 to OBJ using mesh22obj.py (a Python script written by ingo)
>
> This approach makes it possible to convert native POV-Ray objects to other
> 3D file formats!
>
> Details on the various utilities below
>
> William Pokorny's macro:
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http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.scene-files/thread/%3Cweb.4aae23151285f23f15ee2c550%40news.povray.org%3E/
> Jaap Franks macro: http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/isotut/approx.htm
> WinMeshcomp30_beta3.zip - http://warp.povusers.org/stuff.html
> mesh22obj.py:
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http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.utilities/message/%3CXns94F5A773245Aseed7%40news.povray.org%3E/#%3CXns94F5A773245Aseed7%40news.povray.org%3E
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> "Reuben Pearse" <reu### [at] pearsecouk> wrote in message
> news:581dabc0@news.povray.org...
>> I've have a mesh file that I want to convert into mesh2 syntax.
>>
>> I found these 2 posts that look helpful, but they turn up a bunch of dead
>> links:
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http://news.povray.org/povray.general/thread/%3C3cc56be6$1@news.povray.org%3E/?ttop=247348&toff=3650
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http://news.povray.org/povray.general/thread/%3CMPG.111efd91cef90d85989680@news.povray.org%3E/
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>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Reuben
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Could you post some before and after examples of CSG turned into OBJ? I 
can't imagine the results being very well optimized.

Mike

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