Dennis,

I have found exactly the same thing... rendering a "white android".. see a post of
mine in the POVray.general group.  I suspect that we are both using the demo register
key version and that the material/UV mapping feature is turned off even though the
options are apparently there in the interface. The release notes does state that
material import is only available in the registered version. I looked inside the
various include files generated and the UV data seems to be missing too.

My problem is that I really need to see the material import working to decide if I
want to register this program. The free earlier versions already import UDOs as one
mesh with no texture. I'm poor and I don't have the $40 or so to register just to see
if it works.


Dennis McDaniel wrote:

> Lutz,
>
> Yes, I checked the references, and their all in place.  However, as I mentioned
> to Thomas only slightly earlier in this thread, the problems I'm having now are
> with a *_m.inc file which I believe is a material file created in 3D-Win.  Per
> his suggestion, I moved the *_m.inc, the *_o.inc, and the *_p.inc files to the
> \povscn directory and I was able to render the part.  However, it only renders
> with the default white texture despite what I assign it in Moray.  If I export
> the part from 3D-Win with the materials option unchecked (this doesn't create a
> *_m.inc file), then it renders the scene, but without the .udo object displayed.
> I don't get any missing materials errors, it just renders without the object.
> Any suggestions?
>
> By the way, Lutz.  I just want to tell you how much I enjoy using Moray.  I am a
> mechanical designer and use a $4000 CAD program (SolidWorks 2000) every day.  But
> I still sit down in the evenings and use Moray and POV-Ray for recreation.  Keep
> up the good work.  Is there any way you could post on your website what we might
> expect from the next version?
>
> Thanks again, Lutz.
>
> Lutz Kretzschmar wrote:
>
> > Hi Dennis McDaniel, you recently wrote in moray.win:
> >
> > > Thanks for the suggestions, but yes, I've tried them all already.  In fact,
> > > I checked the message window in POV-Ray, and it says it can't find one of
> > > the .inc files.  But I've checked and everything is where it's supposed to
> > > be (\udo).  Go figure?!?
> > Have you done a View|Dependancies? If that command pops up message
> > boxes about missing files, then that's the problem. Just follow the
> > screen instructions to let Moray know where the files are.
> >
> > - Lutz
> >   email : lut### [at] stmuccom
> >   Web   : http://www.stmuc.com/moray

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