"anne" <ann### [at] wjhharvardedu> wrote in 
news:web.3ea700d92424fca482dec0910@news.povray.org:

This file does not seem to be an openGL "file"
(i.e. a program in C, Java or any other programming
language).

But it describes a shape by triangles, which also
can be done with both openGL and POV-Ray.

When programming with openGL, you can typically
make a triangle like this:

glBegin(GL_TRIANGLES);
  glVertex3fv(0.181892, 4.40051, -0.133597);
  glVertex3fv(0.73675, 4.53695, -0.908689);
  glVertex3fv(-0.406486, 4.83995, -1.7559);
glEnd;


In POV-Ray script you can do it like this:

triangle {
  <0.181892, 4.40051, -0.133597>,
  <0.73675, 4.53695, -0.908689>,
  <-0.406486, 4.83995, -1.7559>
}


You can also build meshes of triangles in a more
compact form in POV-Ray. Here's an example that
should be very close to the one in your file:

mesh2 {
  vertex_vectors {
    362, 
    <0.181892, 4.40051, -0.133597>,
    <0.73675, 4.53695, -0.908689>,
    <-0.406486, 4.83995, -1.7559>,
...
    <-1.06245, -0.0848655, -5.01761>,
    <-0.971358, -0.537017, -3.95753>,
    <-0.707503, 0.875963, -5.32494>
  }
  face_indices {
    720, 
    <2, 95, 93>,
    <93, 94, 1>,
...
    <86, 362, 360>,
    <362, 358, 360>
   }
}


So you probably see that converting the file you
have to POV-Ray script can actually be done but it
would take a very long time to do by hand.

I think that it can be done with a self-made macro in
POV-Ray, but there might be some programs out on the
net that can do this for you.

I would recommend searching with Google for these
keywords: "translate" and/or "convert", "POV-Ray" and 
"LightWave3D"

The webpage for "Crossroads 3D" states that Crossroads
will be able to read LightWave3D files in the future:

http://home.europa.com/~keithr/Crossroads/index.html
(NB Ken: Capital C in Crossroads)

http://www.europa.com/~keithr/crossroads) 


Tor Olav



> well I can open it with word. It starts with
> ####
> #
> # OBJ File Generated by LightWave3D
> # LightWave3D OBJ Export v2.2
> #
> ####
> # Object: Ball1Flat.lwo
> #
> #                 Vertices: 362
> #                   Points: 0
> #                    Lines: 0
> #                    Faces: 720
> #                Materials: 1
> #
> ####
> 
> o Ball1Flat.lwo
> 
> #              Vertex list
> 
> v 0.181892 4.40051 -0.133597
> v 0.73675 4.53695 -0.908689
> v -0.406486 4.83995 -1.7559
> ....
> v -1.06245 -0.0848655 -5.01761
> v -0.971358 -0.537017 -3.95753
> v -0.707503 0.875963 -5.32494
> 
> #                Face list
> 
> g
> usemtl Default
> f 2 95 93
> g
> f 93 94 1
> ....
> f 86 362 360
> g
> f 362 358 360
> 
> #              End of file

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