Hello,

Looking for unix-based 3DS to PovRay conversion tools - anyone that
knows of
any (I found some for Windows though but I'd prefer Unix versions)

Another thing I've been looking for is a tool that can convert files
with complex
objects (like CSGs) to a file with only triangles. (I've written a
tracer of my own that can
handle a subset of the PovRay grammar and functionality and I'd like to
test it with some
interesting models without having to hack the models all by myself and
most of the models
I've come across is in 3DS studio format or PovRay format that uses far
more advanced
things than my tracer can handle...)

Thanks for any help regarding this!

Pleas reply by e-mail - I do not read this newsgroup so often.

/Jens

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Hi Jens Olsson,

>  Hello,
>
> Looking for unix-based 3DS to PovRay conversion tools - anyone that
> knows of
> any (I found some for Windows though but I'd prefer Unix versions)
>

Sorry, but only a Windows version is available. There are no plans to
make a Unix version

> Another thing I've been looking for is a tool that can convert files
> with complex
> objects (like CSGs) to a file with only triangles. (I've written a
> tracer of my own that can
> handle a subset of the PovRay grammar and functionality and I'd like
> to test it with some
> interesting models without having to hack the models all by myself and
> most of the models
> I've come across is in 3DS studio format or PovRay format that uses
> far more advanced
> things than my tracer can handle...)
>

You talk about a POV to triangle converter.Such a converter is currently
not availabe.


> Thanks for any help regarding this!
>
> Pleas reply by e-mail - I do not read this newsgroup so often.
>
> /Jens


Thomas

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Thomas Baier wrote:

> Hi Jens Olsson,
>
> >  Hello,
> >
> > Looking for unix-based 3DS to PovRay conversion tools - anyone that
> > knows of
> > any (I found some for Windows though but I'd prefer Unix versions)
> >
>
> Sorry, but only a Windows version is available. There are no plans to
> make a Unix version
>

<snip, snip>

    Hey, if someone could get me the source code for the win3ds2pov I
wouldn't mind having a go at porting it to Unix.  Can someone point me to
the source code?

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Hi,

sorry, but the sourcecode is not free yet.

-tb



>Thomas Baier wrote:
>
>> Hi Jens Olsson,
>>
>> >  Hello,
>> >
>> > Looking for unix-based 3DS to PovRay conversion tools - anyone that
>> > knows of
>> > any (I found some for Windows though but I'd prefer Unix versions)
>> >
>>
>> Sorry, but only a Windows version is available. There are no plans to
>> make a Unix version
>>
>
><snip, snip>
>
>    Hey, if someone could get me the source code for the win3ds2pov I
>wouldn't mind having a go at porting it to Unix.  Can someone point me to
>the source code?
>

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Thomas Baier wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> sorry, but the sourcecode is not free yet.
> 
> -tb

That's alright. Located at http://www.uni-jena.de/~p6sepa/software.htm
is a 3DS to POVRay converter for DOS called 3DS2POV. The zip file contains
source code ("SOURCE.ZIP" within the archive) and I had almost no problem
at compiling it to run under Linux.

It does generate output for older versions of POVRay which use the
obsolete syntax for 'ior'. My quick fix for the problem (although this
currently only generates a warning from POVRay) was to simply comment
out the fprintf()s in 3ds2pov.c that printed 'ior' and 'refraction'
into the output file.

Aside from that, and the need for a unixian Makefile the program seems
to work just fine. (I simply compiled source to object-code and linked
by hand for the sake of expediency)

(Hint: Unzip the source archive with "unzip -aa -l SOURCE.ZIP" into
a seperate directory. This will convert linefeeds to unix style and
convert filenames to lower case)


Hope that helps.




> 
> >Thomas Baier wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Jens Olsson,
> >>
> >> >  Hello,
> >> >
> >> > Looking for unix-based 3DS to PovRay conversion tools - anyone that
> >> > knows of
> >> > any (I found some for Windows though but I'd prefer Unix versions)
> >> >
> >>
> >> Sorry, but only a Windows version is available. There are no plans to
> >> make a Unix version
> >>
> >
> ><snip, snip>
> >
> >    Hey, if someone could get me the source code for the win3ds2pov I
> >wouldn't mind having a go at porting it to Unix.  Can someone point me to
> >the source code?
> >

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Artemia Salina wrote:
> 
> (Hint: Unzip the source archive with "unzip -aa -l SOURCE.ZIP" into

Woopsy-daisy! That should be "unzip -aa -L SOURCE.ZIP"! :-)

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Thomas Baier wrote:

> Hi Jens Olsson,
>
> >  Hello,
> >
> > Looking for unix-based 3DS to PovRay conversion tools - anyone that
> > knows of
> > any (I found some for Windows though but I'd prefer Unix versions)
> >
>
> Sorry, but only a Windows version is available. There are no plans to
> make a Unix version
>

<snip, snip>

    Although this is true I'm hoping to change that once and for all.  Have
a look at http://cnvt2pov.sourceforge.net.

    Any one interested in lending a hand is welcome.

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