POV-Ray: Newsgroups: povray.general: Writing binary files with POV script: Re: Writing binary files with POV script

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From: ABX
Date: 22 Aug 2003 04:50:11
Message: <n1mbkv84lo46jhm5o66kjpdlso1ridpfov@4ax.com>

On Fri, 22 Aug 2003 10:35:17 +0200, "JC (Exether)" <no### [at] spamfr> wrote:
> I would like to generate a df3 file directly from a pov script, 
> generating it from pigments, a bit like Gilles' makecloud macro. But I 
> had a look at the documentation, and it seems that you can only output 
> text to a file.
> So I was wondering if there was a trick to do it, and if not, if it's 
> going to be implemented in some next POVray version.

It was discussed a few times. It is not possible to make binary files.

> JC
> PS: I know I can generate images with povray and make a df3 file with 
> some utility, but I already have too much utilities installed and I'd 
> like to do it in one step.

See text format called extended density_file format at
http://staff.aist.go.jp/r-suzuki/e/povray/iso/df_body.htm

ABX

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