Robert Baker <kor### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> I used to use a (simple, but effective) rendering program called
> Renderise Live, but for some reason it doesn't work on Windows XP.
> Hence I need to start learning POV-Script; with any luck POV-Ray will
> be around for many more years.
>
> My 3D models collection are all in Wavefront Object format (.OBJ --
> probably the most stupid choice of filetype *ever*, as I can't use
> them on XP unless I rename them to append a .txt extension), as that
> was the only object file type I could find which the modelling program
> output as text (the DXFs it created were the binary variety), and thus
> the only one I could figure out so I could generate models using
> programs of my own.
>
> Is there a program to convert Wavefront .OBJ files into .pov files?
> Perhaps an .svg->.pov converter would also be a good idea...


assuming windows = must have a few things for pov

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There are many Blender models, couple of stargates in collada and lightwave

Blender loads almost everything -> exports obj
obj -> PoseRay -> povScript.

Couldnt do much til I had:
Imagemagick
Inkscape (image scanner to bezier splines)
Blender
PoseRay
Bezier editor (if previous programs have none, I dont know everything)

wrote my own SVG to POV prism/lathe, and Bezier editor.

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