Joshua Boyd wrote:
> 
> Jon S. Berndt wrote:
> >
> > George Hunt wrote:
> > >
> > > On 10 Nov 97 20:31:20 GMT, "Jon Berndt" <jsb### [at] hal-pcorg> wrote:
> > >
> > > >Is anyone aware of a program (or extension ??) which takes a .dxf
> > > file
> > > >(e.g. AutoCAD files, or 3D Home Designer-exports - in my case) and
> > > converts
> > > >it to a POV file? Surely there must be one. If not, would anyone 
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There is a program I've used before called Realize.  This is the
description in the documentation:

   " REALIZE is a full-featured, one-step dxf file to POV ver 2.0
converter.

    For  those not  familiar  with POV  -  POV is one of the best (if
not the best) ray-tracers available. POV's incredibly rich decription
language allows truly photo-realistic renderings.  If you have a 3D or
even a 2D drawing in dxf format that you would like to present in an
impressive sort of way or perhaps you just like to visualize the
finished product, REALIZE will convert it to POV format which can then
be rendered in the most realistic method - ray-tracing.
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    For those not familiar with the .dxf file format - dxf (Drawing
interchange file format) is a nearly universal format to convey drawing
information. Most notable systems are AutoCad, AutoCad Lite, Cadkey,
etc.

    Even if you don't own any of these powerful CAD packages, you can
still use REALIZE as long as your drawing package can produce a line in
.dxf format. REALIZE can extrude your 2D lines and/or "fatten" it to
produce POV description language code for realistic 3D images (see
demoplan.rdr)."

I don't remember where I downloaded it, but if you need it I could zip
it and email it to you.

serket

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