POV-Ray : Newsgroups : moray.win : Does Moray export at all? : Re: Does Moray export at all? Server Time
29 Jul 2024 02:25:36 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Does Moray export at all?  
From: Ben Hamatake
Date: 30 Jan 2000 21:32:24
Message: <389493E9.604B7634@trilobyte.net>
Exporting pov would be wonderful.  Thank you for your help.  Please let me
know when beta V4 is out. : ben### [at] softhomenet
Thanks All for your help!!!

Thomas Baier wrote:

> Hi,
>
> >> Wait a week or so.  I'm planning to post an exporter for RIB files.
> >
> >Do you think that RIB is the right format? I know few about it; yet it
> >seems that its structure is quite complex.
> >And it's supported by few programs (not 3dwin, for example, which
> >makes it unsuitable I think).
>
> 3dto3d V4 beta supports pov export as well rib export including uv,
> texture and images. Better than Polytrans !
>
> 3DWin V4 will come very soon.
>
> >
> >If I'm right that RIB is a polygon based format, (i.e. NOT solid
> >modelling), wouldn't 3DS or Wavefront OBJ (supported by Java3D
> >directly ;-) ) be a better choice?
> >
> >I can send you a specification Doc for Wavefront OBJ, which is a quite
> >simple format, and which I can recommend a lot...
> >
> >> Doesn't handle all prims,
> >
> >May I guess... no plugin objects, UDO, infinite objects... just like
> >PolyRay?
> >
> >Florian
> >
>
> Thomas Baier


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