Does anyone know of a convertor to import the latest version mdl or pov/inc
files and export into wml 3ds etc?

Why doesn't Moray have any export features?

Kevin

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as of now they can't be exported because they aren't tesselated.  don't
ask me what that is.  it'd take to long to explain.  but, rumor has it
that pov 4.0 which should come out next year may have internal
tesselation and make exporting possible.  i don't know about that
though.  and since v4.0 is also supposed to be a switch from c to c++,
i'm sure they pov team has quite a full plate.

Kevin Gahagan wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know of a convertor to import the latest version mdl or pov/inc
> files and export into wml 3ds etc?
> 
> Why doesn't Moray have any export features?
> 
> Kevin

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Hey, if you want to tesselate them yourself inside the exporter, go ahead. As it
is, there is an exporter to RIB, courtesy of Xander.

ryan constantine wrote:

> as of now they can't be exported because they aren't tesselated.  don't
> ask me what that is.  it'd take to long to explain.  but, rumor has it
> that pov 4.0 which should come out next year may have internal
> tesselation and make exporting possible.  i don't know about that
> though.  and since v4.0 is also supposed to be a switch from c to c++,
> i'm sure they pov team has quite a full plate.
>
> Kevin Gahagan wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know of a convertor to import the latest version mdl or pov/inc
> > files and export into wml 3ds etc?
> >
> > Why doesn't Moray have any export features?
> >
> > Kevin

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On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 16:11:48 -0700, ryan constantine
<rco### [at] yahoocom> wrote:

>as of now they can't be exported because they aren't tesselated.  don't
>ask me what that is.  it'd take to long to explain.  but, rumor has it
>that pov 4.0 which should come out next year may have internal
>tesselation and make exporting possible.

There were a few public discussions about it iirc but I don't recall
anyone coming up with a working, non-patented solution (except for
something called 'marching octahedrons' similar to the 'marching
cubes' algorithm which is patented) nor do I recall the Team
announcing any plans for 4.0 regarding tesselation.

Then again, that's what rumors are for :) Just don't start believing
them :))


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Peter Popov wrote:

> ...nor do I recall the Team announcing any plans for 4.0 regarding 
> tesselation.

But there are those of us who have made a strong plea to the Team
to include this feature and it has not passed without at least
some interest by them. Perhaps wishfull think will prevail...

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amen brother.

Ken wrote:
> 
> Peter Popov wrote:
> 
> > ...nor do I recall the Team announcing any plans for 4.0 regarding
> > tesselation.
> 
> But there are those of us who have made a strong plea to the Team
> to include this feature and it has not passed without at least
> some interest by them. Perhaps wishfull think will prevail...
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler - 1400+ POV-Ray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
> http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/

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On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 22:15:36 -0700, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:

>
>
>Peter Popov wrote:
>
>> ...nor do I recall the Team announcing any plans for 4.0 regarding 
>> tesselation.
>
>But there are those of us who have made a strong plea to the Team
>to include this feature and it has not passed without at least
>some interest by them. Perhaps wishfull think will prevail...

I was among these 'us' you mention and I do believe in the power of
wishful thinnking, but still, it's too early to say.


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Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
: But there are those of us who have made a strong plea to the Team
: to include this feature and it has not passed without at least
: some interest by them. Perhaps wishfull think will prevail...

  I think that their hands are already full of many more important issues than
this tesselation thing, so I don't think we should bother them with it too
much. After all, this tesselation thing is just a secondary feature, more or
less separate from the core renderer.

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