Hi,

I use a software program called Chief Architect to produce 3D models of
homes I design.  Chief has a built in rendering engine, that works pretty
well, but I would really like to be able to render my 3D models in povray.
A Chief render can be exported as a 3D DXF or DWG file, which are
essentially text files, but for the life of me.......after that I'm LOST.  O
they can be exported as a bitmap file, or Windows Metafile.

Can these 3D DXF/DWG files be used in POV Ray?  Can the bitmap/metafiles be
used and/or converted for use?

I am attaching a sample rendering of a file that I would like to bring into
POV Ray.

I have downloaded POV 3.5, installed it, look through most of the included
files, rendered those images, read through "some" of the help sections, but
I still can't find anything specific to help me.

Thanks in Advance For Your Help.

8-)

Bill Shideler
Homes By Design
http://www.HomesByDesign.ws

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Attachments:
Download 'Esquire Day.JPG' (111 KB)

Preview of image 'Esquire Day.JPG'

in news:3dc80754@news.povray.org triplem123 wrote:

> I am attaching a sample rendering of a file that I would like to
> bring into POV Ray.
> 

First, please don't post binaries to non-binaries groups.
Second, read the articles in povray.announce.frequently-asked-questions.

Third, have a look here, I'm shure there is a program there that wil do 
the conversion you're looking for:
http://www.povray.org/resources/links/3D_Programs/Conversion_Utilities/

Ingo

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Here's what you need:

http://www.tb-software.com/format_info.html

good luck,
D.

"triplem123" <tri### [at] attbicom> wrote in message
news:3dc80754@news.povray.org...
> Hi,
>
> I use a software program called Chief Architect to produce 3D models of
> homes I design.  Chief has a built in rendering engine, that works pretty
> well, but I would really like to be able to render my 3D models in povray.
> A Chief render can be exported as a 3D DXF or DWG file, which are
> essentially text files, but for the life of me.......after that I'm LOST.
O
> they can be exported as a bitmap file, or Windows Metafile.
>
> Can these 3D DXF/DWG files be used in POV Ray?  Can the bitmap/metafiles
be
> used and/or converted for use?
>
> I am attaching a sample rendering of a file that I would like to bring
into
> POV Ray.
>
> I have downloaded POV 3.5, installed it, look through most of the included
> files, rendered those images, read through "some" of the help sections,
but
> I still can't find anything specific to help me.
>
> Thanks in Advance For Your Help.
>
> 8-)
>
> Bill Shideler
> Homes By Design
> http://www.HomesByDesign.ws
>
>
>
>

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