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I use POV-Ray extensively for visualization (stills and animations) of real
properties (not to be confused with viewing ball and stick models or blob
models) of atomic and molecular systems calculated from Quantum Mechanics
and Statistical Mechanics.
This visualization capability provides detailed, and sometimes unique,
insights into the properties of chemical and physical systems under both
static and dynamic (i.e. chemical reaction, heat transfer, etc) conditions.
Check out the Research portion of my web site at for some examples:
www.kressworks.com
Then, of course, I also use POV-Ray for rendering artistic scenes. See the
Art section of my site for some examples.
Jim
"Adam" <bel### [at] yahoo com> wrote in message
news:39932178.CDA2C50F@yahoo.com...
> What kind of people use Povray? I keep hearing about this "certain
> niche," but more specifically... I don't see many female users for
> instance. Also, the program doesn't seem to be well suited for
> Engineering, drafting, or even designing real-life objects. Now, I am
> well aware that the ray tracer is just made to create images, but that's
> the problem. Other programs may offer tension or elasticity analyses, or
> offer to work with materials with actual physical properties.
> I haven't heard of any company using POV-ray to design their bikes or
> remote controls, like with Rhino. Povray is too difficult for, say,
> architecture, since walkthroughs are a pain. The features include
> cylinders, not pipes; "clipped_by," not "window." It seems that
> everything you do, has to be done from scratch unless you look for
> include files. Even for graphics, motion picture industries use
> expensive programs like 3D Studio, and others simply use 2D programs
> like Photoshop.
> So what does that leave us with? Artists who want total control over
> the scene? Computer programmers who simply want to challenge themselves?
> In other words, it seems to me that Povray has few practical
> applications, but is more of a hobby, or even a teaching device for
> understanding higher-level programs.
>
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