"Rick [Kitty5]" wrote:

> > > might be possable as an export plugin or, how close is normal pov script
> to
> > > vrml? - maytbe a pov converter would be an idea
> > >
> >
> > Naw- if you know your stuff, and export plugin would be a LOT easier- you
> don't
> > have to parse anything.
>
> if POV script is so un intellagable that only people and povray can make any
> sence of it then maybe its time the script was reworked!

No, thats the problem- its MADE to be human readable. Which makes it a bitch for
it to be computer readable.

>
>
> maybe a concerted effort to create reliable biniary format would be an idea,
> povray first compiling the script then rendering, that way povray itself
> could export a binary format

Perhaps that is the solution. Ask teh POV-Team.

>
>
> creating in povray is becomming to much of a one way process, and i think is
> seriously hampering the uptake of of our favorite raytracer, the inability
> to get hours of work in pov to anything else is a very serious issue that
> needs adressing

>
>
> Rick

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