"Chris B" <c_b### [at] btconnectcomnospam> wrote:
> "Matte" <Eil### [at] earthlinknet> wrote in message
> news:web.4351fc5da1c8b2abca9d8930@news.povray.org...
> > Hi All
> > I was trying to begin using Povray to check it out.  But I can't even
> > figure
> > out how to import a 3d Model into Povray to start playing around? I can
> > only see some sort of Povray extentions I have never seen before in any of
> > the programs I have used? Any advice?
> > Thanks,
> > Matte
> >
>
> Hi Matte,
>
> It sounds from your question as though you think POV-Ray is a modeller,
> which it isn't. It's a ray tracing engine that takes text based scene
> definition files and renders them. So to take 3D objects modelled in a
> modeller you would convert them into POV-Ray format and include them in a
> scene file using a text editor (no concept of import involved). To write
> anything in POV-Ray you need to understand POV-Ray's Scene Definition
> Language to at least a basic level.
>
> If you were looking for a modeller instead, there are plenty about.
> There's a list at
> http://www.povray.org/resources/links/3D_Programs/Modelling_Programs/
>
> Regards,
> Chris B.

> Hi Chris, well that's a "Mind blower!" a graphic image understood as text!
> So let me get this "straight?"  I take for example my 3D model that I
> created in SketchUp or Autocad.  And export it as text.  And then just open
> it up the text file in Povray?  That's amazing!  How it can bounce light off
> of text info data?  I have a lot of learning to do, this is Wild!  Can I add
> lights in various places, add direction and intensity to each of them?  I
> really know almost nothing about rendering programs...Yet, just starting
> to learn!
> Mahalo, Thanks,
> Matte

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