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25 Apr 2024 11:31:56 EDT (-0400)
  Re: PovRay for using in 3D-Printing  
From: scott
Date: 24 Sep 2012 04:55:52
Message: <50602018$1@news.povray.org>
> If PovRay would be able to export it's geometry as .stl files, using one of the
> methods used like in the old patch (like "tessel" or "tesselate", using one
> PovRay-unit as one millimetre), I'm very sure it will be used in wide areas of
> 3D-Printing.

It might be worth checking if the 3D printer can accept a series of 
bitmap slices directly, this would be very easy to generate from POV and 
probably more accurate.


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