serket wrote:
> 
> 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
> .
> .
> 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.
> .
> .
>     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

I would appreciate that. I tried to email you but your address was
invalid for some reason.

I will try and search for it, too.

Thanks,

Jon

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