POV-Ray : Newsgroups : moray.win : Beveled "M" : Re: Beveled "M" Server Time
29 Jul 2024 20:26:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Beveled "M"  
From: Larry Bourdillon
Date: 13 May 1998 19:48:09
Message: <355A3139.5E2AFDB@ix.netcom.com>
Johannes Hubert wrote:

> Twyst wrote in message <6jbkor$bg6$1@oz.aussie.org>...
> >Actually, there is a program that does FABULOUS bevelled text.
> Unfortunately
> >at this point, in only does DXF format, which doesn't seem to be converted
> >properly by any converter, except for PolyTrans ( www.okino.com )
>
> I used EleFont to make the MovieProject logotext.
> I then imported the DXF file into Rhino (which reads it OK, while 3DWin
> reads it but doesn't find any meshes). I then exported to 3DS and used 3DWin
> to convert that to POV/UDO which I then loaded into Moray to texture it, set
> the light, camera etc. and render.
> I know that I could have exported POV/UDO directly from Rhino, but 3DWin
> also smoothes the exported POV-Ray mesh, and the result looked nicer, so I
> went the additional way.
> All in all it was:
> EleFont -> DXF -> Rhino -> 3DS -> 3DWin -> POV/UDO -> Moray -> Render.
> :-)
>

  I *knew* there was a simply way to do it...     :-)
  Thanks.

..larry


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