POV-Ray : Newsgroups : moray.win : Tools for converting 3D files... etc... : Re: Tools for converting 3D files... etc... Server Time
29 Jul 2024 00:32:40 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Tools for converting 3D files... etc...  
From: Krystian Bates
Date: 29 Sep 1999 12:10:29
Message: <37f239f5@news.povray.org>
Glenn Bech <130### [at] swineduau> wrote in message
news:37f22060@news.povray.org...
> Hi !
>
> Im currently using sPatch to model something for my IRTC submission. Im
> exporting to .DXF and
> then using 3dWin to convert the .DXF file to .udo and .inc, as I want to
do
> modelling with Moray.
>
> This is not a very good thing to do as my beautifull bicubic_patches are
> turned into a mess of a triangle
> mesh with LOTS of degenerate triangles (whatever that is, anyone ?)
>
> The worst part about this, is that win3D somehow generates some infinte
> objects!!! (991 in my case) that
> seriously reduces render time (several hundred percent.)
>
> So, what Im really asking (or complaining) about is ;
>
> 1) is there NO way to get my .Pov files converted to .mdl files ?
>
> 2) What do you guys do to get around this ? Im sure you dont modell
> everything in povray ? or ?
>
> Best wishes, and good luck on the Horror submissions !
>
> Glenn.
>
Well, I'm no expert, but it might work better if you export the sPatch files
directly to Moray. Lutz wrote a plug-in for sPatch to do that, it's on the
Moray plugins page, I do believe.
--
Krystian Bates
  kgbates at ply.adelphia.com
http://www.geocities.com/kgbates


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.