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  Re: PovRay for using in 3D-Printing  
From: scott
Date: 4 Feb 2013 06:13:43
Message: <510f97e7@news.povray.org>
> Hi,
> I'm also involved in 3D-Printig (just started to build my own printer. My
> printer-construction is designed in povray too.)
> Now I'd like to design my prints in povray. I'm looking for a converter to
> export this pov-files into stl or something similar to feed them into slic3r.

You might want to look at OpenSCAD, it has a scripting language similar 
to POV but has the option to export the result as an STL.

Depending on the complexity of your POV files it might be an option to 
just translate them to OpenSCAD by hand.


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