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From: dbott
Subject: EXPORT FROM WINGS 3D
Date: 12 May 2007 21:41:24
Message: <46466cc4$1@news.povray.org>
I was wondering...... if anyone knows if there is an export plug-in to POV
from WINGS 3D? If there is where could I find it.....The Link on the WINGS
home page for a plug-in can not be found......

Thanks
  Darin


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From: Roman Reiner
Subject: Re: EXPORT FROM WINGS 3D
Date: 13 May 2007 10:35:01
Message: <web.4647210ea0651b17250658a0@news.povray.org>
"dbott" <dbo### [at] eastsoundsuitescom> wrote:
> I was wondering...... if anyone knows if there is an export plug-in to POV
> from WINGS 3D? If there is where could I find it.....The Link on the WINGS
> home page for a plug-in can not be found......
>
> Thanks
>   Darin

Try POSERay (http://mysite.verizon.net/sfg0000/)
I recommend using the OBJ format for transferring the data from Wings3D to
POSERay  (as POSERay doesn't import Wings files natively). Exporting to
POVRay from POSERay is supported directly.

Regards Roman


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: EXPORT FROM WINGS 3D
Date: 13 May 2007 15:25:32
Message: <4647662c$1@news.povray.org>
I did a search on the filename and found it elsewhere on the web...While 
it says it might not work with more recent versions of Wings, it seems to 
work fine...

Jim


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From: triple r
Subject: Re: EXPORT FROM WINGS 3D
Date: 13 May 2007 17:30:02
Message: <web.46478293a0651b1401324710@news.povray.org>
"dbott" <dbo### [at] eastsoundsuitescom> wrote:
> I was wondering...... if anyone knows if there is an export plug-in to POV
> from WINGS 3D? If there is where could I find it.....The Link on the WINGS
> home page for a plug-in can not be found......
>
> Thanks
>   Darin

I got stuck with this problem a while ago, but I exported the .obj format
and realized it's just a mesh2 in different syntax.  Lately I've just been
using a simple little shell script that is horribly inefficient but does
the trick.  It would be very simple and much more efficient to write a
little converter in c or something, but if you have access to a unix-like
system it works although it might combine all objects together.  It should
handle uv-mapping and normals without a problem.  You just have to make
sure it's triangulated when exported.

http://home.eng.iastate.edu/~rreusser/converttopov.sh

Yes, I know it couldn't be much worse, but it's worked for me.

 - Ricky


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From: St 
Subject: Re: EXPORT FROM WINGS 3D
Date: 14 May 2007 13:25:03
Message: <46489b6f$1@news.povray.org>
"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
news:4647662c$1@news.povray.org...
>I did a search on the filename and found it elsewhere on the web...While
> it says it might not work with more recent versions of Wings, it seems to
> work fine...

    DingDang. I looked all over the place most of Sunday morning for Darin, 
and couldn't find it. Hand it over Jim, or I'll jinx you with bad pixels.

          ;)

      ~Steve~


>
> Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: EXPORT FROM WINGS 3D
Date: 14 May 2007 13:42:52
Message: <46489f9c$1@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 14 May 2007 18:25:03 +0100, St. wrote:

> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:4647662c$1@news.povray.org...
>>I did a search on the filename and found it elsewhere on the web...While
>> it says it might not work with more recent versions of Wings, it seems
>> to work fine...
> 
>     DingDang. I looked all over the place most of Sunday morning for
>     Darin,
> and couldn't find it. Hand it over Jim, or I'll jinx you with bad
> pixels.

And don't think that that doesn't work - now I've got a bad pixel on my 
camera's CCD. ;-)

I've uploaded the version I have on my laptop here to:

http://hendersj.googlepages.com/wingspov-0.98.28_v1.tgz

It seems, generally, to work for me with Wings 0.98.36 (which is the 
version I have installed at the moment).

Jim


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From: St 
Subject: Re: EXPORT FROM WINGS 3D
Date: 14 May 2007 19:04:19
Message: <4648eaf3@news.povray.org>
"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
news:46489f9c$1@news.povray.org...
> On Mon, 14 May 2007 18:25:03 +0100, St. wrote:
>
>> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
>> news:4647662c$1@news.povray.org...
>>>I did a search on the filename and found it elsewhere on the web...While
>>> it says it might not work with more recent versions of Wings, it seems
>>> to work fine...
>>
>>     DingDang. I looked all over the place most of Sunday morning for
>>     Darin,
>> and couldn't find it. Hand it over Jim, or I'll jinx you with bad
>> pixels.
>
> And don't think that that doesn't work - now I've got a bad pixel on my
> camera's CCD. ;-)


     Heh, sorry about that. I didn't mean it, honest. :)



>
> I've uploaded the version I have on my laptop here to:
>
> http://hendersj.googlepages.com/wingspov-0.98.28_v1.tgz
>
> It seems, generally, to work for me with Wings 0.98.36 (which is the
> version I have installed at the moment).

    That's what I've got installed with a few extra plugin's from the 
hard-working Ggaliens, (nice - I like the 'bend' feature, although, I'm 
still looking for the 'extrude shape' feature, dated around March 2006 I 
believe), and looking at those filenames in your .tgz file, I think I came 
across them in my search! I didn't know what to do with them at first with 
an extension of .beam.

     Ah well, thank you Jim, you're a star!  :)

       ~Steve~



>
> Jim


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From: dbott
Subject: Re: EXPORT FROM WINGS 3D
Date: 14 May 2007 20:25:31
Message: <4648fdfb$1@news.povray.org>
Thank You --Jim and Steve,
I have the files, and will start playing around with them.
I am glad no one was jinxed with bad pixels....................


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: EXPORT FROM WINGS 3D
Date: 14 May 2007 23:01:18
Message: <4649227e@news.povray.org>
On Tue, 15 May 2007 00:04:12 +0100, St. wrote:

>>> and couldn't find it. Hand it over Jim, or I'll jinx you with bad
>>> pixels.
>>
>> And don't think that that doesn't work - now I've got a bad pixel on my
>> camera's CCD. ;-)
> 
>      Heh, sorry about that. I didn't mean it, honest. :)

That's OK, it seems to be working properly now for some reason. ;-)

>> http://hendersj.googlepages.com/wingspov-0.98.28_v1.tgz
>>
>> It seems, generally, to work for me with Wings 0.98.36 (which is the
>> version I have installed at the moment).
> 
>     That's what I've got installed with a few extra plugin's from the
> hard-working Ggaliens, (nice - I like the 'bend' feature, although, I'm
> still looking for the 'extrude shape' feature, dated around March 2006 I
> believe), and looking at those filenames in your .tgz file, I think I
> came across them in my search! I didn't know what to do with them at
> first with an extension of .beam.

Hmmm, I might need a pointer at those other plugins you've got - the POV 
one is the only one I've installed...

Jim


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From: St 
Subject: Re: EXPORT FROM WINGS 3D
Date: 15 May 2007 02:09:21
Message: <46494e91$1@news.povray.org>
"Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message 
news:4649227e@news.povray.org...

> Hmmm, I might need a pointer at those other plugins you've got - the POV
> one is the only one I've installed...

     Yep, here you go, http://www.manifoldlab.com/wings_manifoldlab/ - it's 
the latest version at the bottom. I think the shape extruder plugin is in a 
2006 file, but he's not listing them any more for some reason. There is a 
video on the previous page showing what it can do.

       ~Steve~


>
> Jim


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