Well, what can I say. I'm starting to understand and I agree.

But I dont "expect" anything, I was just wondering how things worked. All
users are not skilled programmers or patch-makers that knows what makes the
clock tick. There are many advantages with POV-Ray, but what I miss is a way
of sharing the created models to other platforms or for use in applications.
The greatness of POV-Ray itself doesnt change that, me now knowing that it
is virtually impossible doesnt change it either.

But Im happy the rules for shaping 3d scenes are similar in the ground no
matter the platform, and that POV-Ray has given me a understaning of that
as well.



> Very strange.  When POV-Ray was first written, there were no .obj, .mdl
> or .3ds formats.  POV-Ray used its own format which developed into a
> sophisticated programming language for scene design.  Because of this
> design, we are able to do amazing things with POV-Ray which can't be
> done with traditional scanline algorithms working on polygon meshes. The
> results can be breath-taking and are IMHO unrivaled in the scanline world.
>
> POV-Ray is what it is.  It models scenes accurately using mathematical
> shapes and procedural textures. In many cases, it isn't possible to
> translate this into polygons and if you try, you lose accuracy.  Combine
> this with the power of the scene development language and you find that
> POV-Ray lets you model things that are almost impossible to model with a
> conventional UI.
>
> If you want to work with a commercial system, go ahead, but the
> commercial systems can't handle the features that POV-Ray supports so
> how can you expect to export from POV-Ray to the other formats?  We make
> no apologies for not being compatible with other programs. Translating
> to those formats is not a matter of translating the data but rather
> translating the mind-set. I can't expect any automated tool to be able
> to handle it.
>
> If you've learned POV-Ray, then you've learned a tremendous amount about
> vectors, matrices, lighting, textures, shapes, transformations, cameras,
> perspective, radiosity, constructive solid geometry, height fields,
> isosurfaces and more.  If you understand POV-Ray, you've already taken a
> huge leap towards understanding other tools.  If you understand the
> other tools, you can still learn a lot from POV-Ray.
>
> David Buck

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