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> Are there some help programs around POV?
> Are there conversion programs for usual CAD formats?

YES.

Here are some program names that you can feed Google with:

Modellers, editors etc.:

- Moray (Windows)
- KPovModeler (Linux)
- QTPov Editor (Linux)
- Pyvon (Linux)
- Wings 3D (Java)
- JPatch (Java)
- Arbaro (Java)
- POV-Tree (Java)
- Arabeske (Java)
- Terraform (Linux)
- UVMapper (Windows)
- Kandid (Linux)
- sPatch (Windows)
- Emacs (with povmode) (Linux and Windows)
- Vim (with support for POV-SDL) (Linux)
- SciTE (with POV-Ray support) (Linux)


Other related programs:

- Poseray (Windows)
- 3dto3d (Linux)
- Blender (Linux and Windows)
- Gimp (Linux and maybe Windows)
- CinePaint (Linux)
- Anim8or (Windows)
- Netpbm (Linux)
- ImageMagick (Linux)


And many more can be found here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POV-Ray#External_links
http://povray.org/resources/links/
http://povray.org/resources/links/3D_Programs/
http://povray.org/resources/links/3D_Animation_Utilities/

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Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:

> ...
> 
> - Wings 3D (Java)

Just for your information, Wings 3D is not a Java program. It is an 
Erlang one.

Regards

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Laurent ARTAUD wrote:
> Tor Olav Kristensen wrote:
> 

>> ...
>>
>> - Wings 3D (Java)
> 
> 
> Just for your information, Wings 3D is not a Java program. It is an 
> Erlang one.

Yes of course, now I remember.

Sorry.

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> 12 years ago DKB, the forefather of POV delivered the
> first fiew on my http://www.pege.org/gemini house
>
> 10 years ago, POV delivered the first video about the
> GEMINI house.
>
> Just right now, I am planing to build an other house for my own.
>
> I just search for software for the construction.
>
> But maybe it happens the same like 1994 with the first video.
> I was 1994 1 week at an art institute in Frankfurt Germany
> to produce it with some Silicon Graphics there.
>
> But after one week, I was so frustrated that I went in the next
> book store and discovered the next generation of DKB, POV
> and created the whole video with my own equipment.
> (500 hours on a 486 DX2/66 notebook for 500 picrues
> with 768 x 576 TV resolution)
>
> Now I check for software to make the whole construction
> and also 3D views.
>
> Are there some help programs around POV?
> Are there conversion programs for usual CAD formats?

While it's probably not useful to you (as it's an expensive
commercial design tool intended for full-time designers), the
CAD program 'Chief Architect' does have POV export which works
quite well.

http://www.chiefarchitect.com/

-- Chris

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> > Now I check for software to make the whole construction
> > and also 3D views.
> >
> > Are there some help programs around POV?
> > Are there conversion programs for usual CAD formats?
>
> While it's probably not useful to you (as it's an expensive
> commercial design tool intended for full-time designers), the
> CAD program 'Chief Architect' does have POV export which works
> quite well.
>
> http://www.chiefarchitect.com/

Just downloaded the demo.

But as far as I see, all in inches, no mm


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>>>Now I check for software to make the whole construction
>>>and also 3D views.
>>>
>>>Are there some help programs around POV?
>>>Are there conversion programs for usual CAD formats?
>>
>>While it's probably not useful to you (as it's an expensive
>>commercial design tool intended for full-time designers), the
>>CAD program 'Chief Architect' does have POV export which works
>>quite well.
>>
>>http://www.chiefarchitect.com/
> 
> 
> Just downloaded the demo.
> 
> But as far as I see, all in inches, no mm
> 
> 


the accepted conversion factor to a reasonable precision is 25.4 mm = 1"

or approx x100 /4

stephen

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> >>http://www.chiefarchitect.com/
> >
> >
> > Just downloaded the demo.
> >
> > But as far as I see, all in inches, no mm

> the accepted conversion factor to a reasonable precision is 25.4 mm = 1"
>
> or approx x100 /4

They sent me the trick, how to switch the software to metric system


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>>the accepted conversion factor to a reasonable precision is 25.4 mm = 1"
>>
>>or approx x100 /4
> 
> They sent me the trick, how to switch the software to metric system

But... when did bricks go metric? Are planks now 101.6 x 50.8?

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> >>the accepted conversion factor to a reasonable precision is 25.4 mm = 1"
> >>
> >>or approx x100 /4
> >
> > They sent me the trick, how to switch the software to metric system
>
> But... when did bricks go metric? Are planks now 101.6 x 50.8?

I would never use bricks for a house
To bad thermical insulation.


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>>>>the accepted conversion factor to a reasonable precision is 25.4 mm = 1"
>>>>
>>>>or approx x100 /4
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>They sent me the trick, how to switch the software to metric system
>>>      
>>>
>>But... when did bricks go metric? Are planks now 101.6 x 50.8?
>>    
>>
>
>I would never use bricks for a house
>To bad thermical insulation.
>
>
>  
>
I would never use wood for a house exterior, it burns to easily...

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