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On 29/09/2025 02:34, Bald Eagle wrote:
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> I'll give it a whirl in Edge since I already have the Win11 spyvirus on my
> laptop.
Beg me pardon, but why not Chrome or Firefox ?
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YB
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"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscape net> wrote:
> I'll give it a whirl in Edge since I already have the Win11 spyvirus on my
> laptop.
Looks good.
Got the teapot when the webpage loaded.
Took maybe 30 sec to convert the ghost.
(slick future feature would be to use a url, and convert from inside a zip.)
mesh.inc autosaved to my downloads folder.
object is called "model"
Not centered at origin
No inside_vector defined
After finding my object with min_extent, translating and rotating
it seems to work fine.
:)
Thank you, Sergei.
- BW
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Attachments:
Download 'ghostmesh.png' (18 KB)
Preview of image 'ghostmesh.png'
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yesbird wrote:
> Beg me pardon, but why not Chrome or Firefox ?
Thou hast no need for begging for anything, least of all a pardon.
I simply don't have those installed on any of my machines.
I do have "LibreWolf", but many sites don't like the signature of that.
- BW
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On 29/09/2025 03:00, Bald Eagle wrote:
> Looks good.
> Got the teapot when the webpage loaded.
> Took maybe 30 sec to convert the ghost.
>
> (slick future feature would be to use a url, and convert from inside a zip.)
YES! I am glad that finally you win.
But 30 sec is toooo looong for such small model, I am getting result in
2-3 sec, but there is ocean between us :).
Possible solution: I can open github repository and you will be able to
install this service on more accessible server.
> Thank you, Sergei.
You are always welcome, now I am start thinking about spline
editor for POV-Ray, based on this example:
https://threejs.org/examples/webgl_geometry_spline_editor.html
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YB
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yesbird wrote:
> You are always welcome, now I am start thinking about spline
> editor for POV-Ray, based on this example:
> https://threejs.org/examples/webgl_geometry_spline_editor.html
Yes, I am certain that such a thing would be useful.
Ed Hynan wrote
https://web.mit.edu/povray_v3.7.0a/epspline.pdf
a while back,
and there was the PointWriter project
And someone had a spline workshop, IIRC.
Tor Olav Kristensen (TOK) has a lot of spline stuff on github
Jerome Grimbert (Le Forgeron) has his hgpov38 project that uses a wide variety
of splines
And I made a big list for jr of all the different spline types
So there's certainly a lot of things that could keep you busy ;)
- BW
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On 29/09/2025 04:25, Bald Eagle wrote:
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> Yes, I am certain that such a thing would be useful.
> ...
Many thanks for this info, I will get back to splines after converter
polishing. Btw, would you suggest the best way to inform the community
about its existence ?
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YB
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yesbird wrote:
> Many thanks for this info, I will get back to splines after converter
> polishing.
Of course.
It's always nice to have a sort of head-start, with some keywords and even code
to get things moving quickly.
> Btw, would you suggest the best way to inform the community
> about its existence ?
What I would greatly suggest is that you not just leave it as a converter, but
add some small embellishments to make it a valuable learning tool.
It ought to be easy enough to make a small mesh and show how the normals are
calculated, how vector cross products allow the order of the vertices to
determine the direction of the normal, etc.
[X] Create an explanatory diagram as an .inc file
Then you can not only advertise it here on the forum, and elsewhere, but also
slip references to it in discussions on stackexchnge, stackoverflow, Wolfram,
and other places. Make sure you have a didactic, academic graphic that will
attract computer science / graphics / gaming students to visit your app if they
come across it in a web search. That way it has a lasting value completely
aside from JustAnotherFileConverter.
Make sure you put some prominent references to POV-Ray and the newsgroups in
your graphic. (I'd also suggest putting some standard POV-Ray header info in the
inc file, along with a reference to you & your web converter URL)
That way, if people find your project to be a useful learning tool in addition
to it being just a converter, they may be encouraged to try POV-Ray, and get
involved with many of the projects - including the ones you are working on, or
don't have time to work on. And I have no problem with using 3js as the basis
for a new version of POV-Ray, so any CG tools developed in 3js are valuable as
well. (You know I draw my knowledge and inspirations from a wide range of
platforms and sources)
So - that's always where my mind is going when we talk about any project. "How
do we attract people and bring them together to (re)build a thriving computer
graphics community"
- BW
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On 29/09/2025 15:14, Bald Eagle wrote:
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> What I would greatly suggest is that you not just leave it as a converter, but
> add some small embellishments to make it a valuable learning tool.
Bill, thank you very much for this bundle of ideas, I will think about
them and follow your suggestions.
> So - that's always where my mind is going when we talk about any project. "How
> do we attract people and bring them together to (re)build a thriving computer
> graphics community"
>
Exactly, good luck with it. :)
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YB
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On 28/09/2025 01:27, yesbird wrote:
> Finally, after two sleepless nights I finished a web application that
> converts obj, fbx, glb, gltf, stl formats to mesh2:
> https://povlab.yesbird.online/all2pov
> ...
It is completed now: I implemented a progress bar and added two
additional metal materials for preview.
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YB
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yesbird wrote:
> Finally, after two sleepless nights I finished a web application that
> converts obj, fbx, glb, gltf, stl formats to mesh2:
> https://povlab.yesbird.online/all2pov
>
> I tested it only on a limited number of files, so some issues
> (especially related to displaying a model) are possible, testing now in
> progress. Please send any kind of feedback: bug reports, suggestions,
> requests to implement, etc.
> --
> YB
This looks awesome !!!
But I get " 504 Gateway Timeout " from behind my corporate proxy.(for all of
your site by the way).
So trying on my phone, I get a display smaller than my screen. but appearing
functional.
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