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3 Aug 2024 10:23:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: .ray format?  
From: Paul Bourke
Date: 19 Mar 2004 03:38:44
Message: <pdb_NOSPAM-A25398.19384319032004@news.povray.org>
> Scene looks quite like PovRAY, but it is in files called *.ray and the 
> syntax is a bit different (simplifierd, like without barces etc), example 
> file looks like:
> box s_stone_light -480.625 -234.395 0  -462.2468 234.395 9.25  
> cylinder s_stone_light 1 -480.625 -234.395 8.25  -480.625 234.395 8.25  
> disc s_stone_light 1 -480.625 -234.395 8.25  0 -1 0  
> disc s_stone_light 1 -480.625 234.395 8.25  0 1 0  
> box s_stone_light -462.2468 -234.395 9.25  -444.8686 234.395 18.5  
> cylinder s_stone_light 1 -462.2468 -234.395 17.5  -462.2468 234.395 17.5  
> box s_stone_light  -444.8686 -234.395 18.5  -435.826 234.395 27.75  
> cylinder s_stone_light 1 -444.8686 -234.395 26.75  -444.8686 234.395 26.75  

It is this model
   http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/rendering/rayshade/

> any idea how can I convert to .pov? It looks like this file could be 
> converted perfectly in "1 to 1 scale" - just some converter to reorganize 
> syntactics of file...

COnverting to POVRay is non trivial but I was under the impression that
someone had already done it....sorry no clues as to who, you might try
contacting Nathan.
-- 
Paul Bourke
pdb_NOSPAMswin.edu.au


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