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Shawn Fumo's POV-Ray Utilities List
Release 4 -- May 31, 1997
Part 3 of 3
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5 -- Calculations
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----Array include file----
Author: Dastardly? -- das### [at] geocities com
File Type: Include File
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/9043/Array.zip
----Bezier.inc----
Author: Michael D Johnson -- mdj### [at] voyagernet
Version: 1.0
File Type: Include File
WWW: http://quark.vpplus.com/~redbeard/raytrace/utils/bezier.html
Descripton: From Author "A POVRay 3.0 utility include file that allows
the creation and manipulation of bezier spline curves. It can create
objects or generate points on the curve."
----Spinner----
Author: Terry Brown -- bro### [at] lvlhamlincolnacnz
Version: ?
File Type: Not sure?
WWW: http://tbrown.lvlham.lincoln.ac.nz/~tb/spinner.html
Description: By Authur "Spinner is a utility for repeditive
object placement, latheing, extruding etc. in POV scripts."
Notes: This utility is not very usefull for version 3.0 of
POV-Ray, but you may find it usefull if you use (2.x).
----Spline Generator Include File----
Author: Chris Colefax -- cco### [at] geocitiescom
File Type: Include File
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/1434
----Tracer Timer----
Author: Gautam N. Lad -- gau### [at] interlogcom
Version: 1.0 of POV-PAK
Platform: DOS
Tryout Type: Freeware
WWW: http://www.interlog.com/~gautam/povpak.html
Notes: This program is a part of POV-PAK 1.0
Description: By Author "I've found this program very useful when it comes
to rendering images that will take hours, and require the rendering to
continue over days. If for example the rendering time took 1 hours and
80 minutes, the program will output 2 hours 20 minutes. This program
was created because I needed a good timer when I first entered the IRTC.
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6 -- Converters
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----Crossroads 3D----
Author: Keith Rule -- kei### [at] europacom
Version: Beta (May 11, 1997)
Platform: Windows95/NT
Tryout Type: Freeware
Import: 3DS/DXF/POV(2.2)/RAW/COB/VRML(1.0)/OBJ/NFF
Export: 3DS/T3D/B3D/DXF/Direct X(buggy)/SMPL/POV(2.2/3.0)/
RAW/COB/VRML(1.0/2.0)/OBJ/NFF
WWW: http://www.europa.com/~keithr
FTP: europa.com/outgoing/keithr/xroadsb1.zip
----IDtoPOV---
Author: Yoshihiro Manabe -- yma### [at] libbekkoameorjp
Version: 0.1.1 (October 10, 1997)
Platform: Mac OS (System 7+)
Tryout Type: E-mail ware (Send e-mail if you like it.)
Inport: Infini-D
Export: POV-Ray
WWW: http://momonga.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~manabe/HTML/IDtoPOV.html
http://www.bekkoame.or.jp/~ymanabe/HTML/IDtoPOV.html
Description: This is a just a general conversion program
between the Infini-D and POV file formats.
----InterChange----
Author: Syndesis Corporation -- syn### [at] threedeecom
Version: 4.1
Platform: Windows95/NT, SGI
Tryout Type: (none)
Cost: $495
Import: 50+ formats, including raw but not POV
Export: 50+ formats, including raw and POV
WWW: http://www.threedee.com/
Notes: Stats from e-mail. Must go check to be sure.
(*)----MacDEM2POV----
Author: Russell Towle -- rus### [at] foothillnet
Version: ? (March 18, 1997)
Platform: Mac OS
Tryout Type: Freeware?
WWW: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/povraymac/
(*)----PolyTrans----
Author: Okino Computer Graphics, Inc. -- sal### [at] okinocom
Version: 1.2b (March 19, 1997)
Platform: Win/DEC/DOS/SUN/SGI
Tryout Type: Shareware (Crippled)
Cost: About $350 - 500 depending on platform and other factors.
WWW: http://www.okino.com/conv/conv.htm
Description: This is a very extensive conversion program letting
you convert between many formats. It can export to POV 2.2
and 3.0. While it can't convert as many formats as some other
programs, does seem to make an effort to convert the ones it
can to a "ready to render" format with minimal tweaking. Most
people won't need this, but if you need to get something
converted to POV-Ray very quickly, might be of help. However,
I urge even the "power user" to check out the cheaper/free
programs first.
(%)----POVray.m----
Author: Roman E. Maeder -- mae### [at] infethzch
File Type: Mathematica package
Export: POV
WWW: http://www.inf.ethz.ch/department/TI/rm/ray/index.html
Also:
http://www.mathsource.com/cgi-bin/MathSource/Publications/Periodicals/TheMathematicaJournal/0207-481
FTP: ftp.inf.ethz.ch/org/ti/scs/ray/POVray.m
Description: Lets you convert 3D Mathematica graphics
objects to POV-Ray files.
Notes: It is in a collection, not by itself. You must d/l of the
archives listed, and uncompress it. Perhaps someone could make
the file availible on their site to make things easier?
----Pov To MDL----
Author: Thomas Baier -- thb### [at] ibmnet
thb### [at] compuservecom
CIS: 100527,3011
Version: 1.6
Platform: MSDOS (or Windows in dos box)
Tryout Type: Askware
Cost: $15 if you use it, and can afford it.
Import: POV (2.x)
Export: UDO (2.x)
WWW: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thbaier/
Notes: Requires that official POV syntax be used (especially
for commas) in the POV file. If it is not in the correct
format, then povpars should be used on the POV file first.
----POVPars----
Author: Thomas Baier -- thb### [at] ibmnet
thb### [at] compuservecom
CIS: 100527,3011
Version: 1.0
Platform: MSDOS (or Windows in dos box)
Tryout Type: Freeware?
Import: POV (2.x)
Export: POV (2.x)
WWW: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thbaier/
Notes: This program is for use with Pov2mdl. It takes a POV
file, and makes it more syntactically correct. It uses the
actual POV parser to do this (more forgiving than pov2mdl).
----ray2pov----
Author: Filip ? -- spa### [at] geocitiescom
Version: Alpha
Platform: Binary is for MSDOS
Tryout Type: Freeware
Source Code: Yes
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/6522/
Notes: Does not convert textures yet.
----3D To 3D----
Author: Thomas Baier -- thb### [at] ibmnet
Version: 1.7
Platform: MSDOS
Tryout Type: Askware
Cost: $10 if you use it, and can afford it.
Import: RAW/3DS/OBJ/LWO
Export: RAW/Smoothed RAW/3DS/ASC/OBJ/OBT/RPL/RWX/WRL/DXF/LWO/UDO
WWW: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thbaier/
FTP: Will soon
----3DWin----
Author: Thomas Baier -- thb### [at] ibmnet
Version: 2.1
Platform: Windows95/NT
Tryout Type: ?
Import: RAW/3DS/OBJ/LWO
Export: RAW/Smoothed RAW/3DS/ASC/OBJ/OBT/EPL/RWX/WRL/DXF/LWO/UDO
WWW: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thbaier/
----TTF To UDO----
Author: Thomas Baier -- thb### [at] ibmnet
thb### [at] compuservecom
CIS: 100527,3011
Version: 1.2
Platform: MSDOS-Win95/NT (Both vers. in one archive)
Tryout Type: Askware
Cost: $10 if you use it, and can afford it.
Import: TTF
Export: UDO/INC(Povray 3.0 or Polyray 1.8)
WWW: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/thbaier/
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7 -- Patches/Fixes/Front-Ends/Misc. Addons
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----Bob's POV-Ray Front End----
http://members.aol.com/bobssoft/bpovfe.html
----Double-Byte TTF Characters Patch----
Author: Kochin Chang -- Koc### [at] aolcom
Version: No #, but second major release.
File Type: Source Code
Platform: Source is for MSDOS, but probably could be modified
easily for UNIX, etc.
WWW: http://member.aol.com/kochinc/povray/cjkpov.html
Notes: Also includes the fix for the POV TTF rendering bug.
Description: Patch to let POV-Ray render various double-byte
fonts (such as those for Chinese/Japanese/Korean).
----Fix for POV-Ray 3.0 TTF Bug----
Author: Kochin Chang -- Koc### [at] aolcom
Version: No #, but I think there was only one release.
File Type: Source Code
Platform: Source is for MSDOS, but probably could be modified
easily for UNIX, etc.
WWW: http://member.aol.com/kochinc/povray/povttf.html
Description: Fix which takes care of a bug that caused lines to
appear in in some cases with TTF objects. It also speeds up
rendering times of these objects.
Notes: I think this fix was incorporated into POV-Ray 3.01?
----Equipotential Surface Patch----
Authur: Ryoichi Suzuki
For: POV-Ray 2.2
WWW: http://www.public.usit.net/rsuzuki/e/povray/
Notes: This is now part of the ISOSurface Patch
----Implicit and Parametric Surfaces Patch----
Author: Daniel Skarda -- 0rf### [at] atreykarlinmffcunicz
Thomas Bily -- tom### [at] atreykarlinmffcunicz
For: POV-Ray: 2.2
WWW: http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~0rfelyus/povray.html
Notes: This patch is not being updated, as it has become
part of the ISOSurface Patch
----ISOSurface Patch----
Author: Ryoichi Suzuki -- rsu### [at] usitnet
rsu### [at] etlripsetlgojp
Version: Beta 12
For: POV-Ray 3.01
WWW: http://www.public.usit.net/rsuzuki/e/povray/iso/index.html
Notes: This patch combines the former Equipotential, Implicit
and Parametric, and Macro(MPOV) Patches for POV-Ray.
(*)----JPEGPOV----
Author: Andreas Dilger -- adi### [at] enelucalgaryca
For: POV-Ray 2.2
WWW: http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/povray/jpegpv.html
Description: Render directly to jpeg file, and use jpegs as image maps.
----MPOV----
Author: Daniel Skarda -- 0rf### [at] atreykarlinmffcunicz
For: POV-Ray 3.0
FTP: atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/local/0rfelyus/povray-3.0/
Notes: This is not being updated, as it is now part of the
ISOSurface Patch)
Description: Macros for POV-Ray
(%)----POVAFX----
Author: Marcos Fajardo -- mfa### [at] freenethutfi
For: POV-Ray 2.2
Version: 1.0?
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/2143/povafx10.html
Notes: The Warn spotlights mentioned on the page have not yet
been implemented.
Description: Adds various atmospheric affects to POV-Ray. While
POV-Ray 3.0 adds many similar effects, its point lights are
fast and alias free (because of analytical as opposed to
numerical sampling).
(%)----POVMAN----
Author: Bob Mercier -- mer### [at] cinenetcom
For: Povray 2.2
WWW: http://www.cinenet.net/~mercier/
FTP: ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/unofficial/patches/
Description: By Author "Patterned after Pixar's Renderman, this
version of POV supports user-written procedural shaders."
Notes: The actual file can be found at the ftp site, but no link
to it from the website.
----POV-RaySP----
Author: Wolfgang Ortmann -- noo### [at] uni-jenade
For: POV-Ray 3.01
WWW: http://pandora.inf.uni-jena.de/noo/povsplines.html
Description: POV-Ray with spline support. Can either d/l
whole source code, or just that of the patch. Is done with
UNIX, but I'd think could be easily added to the dos version.
(*)----PVMPOV----
Author: Andreas Dilger -- adi### [at] enelucalgaryca
For: POV-Ray 2.2
WWW: http://www-mddsp.enel.ucalgary.ca/People/adilger/povray/pvmpov.html
Description: Render faster by splitting the workload across computers
that are connected through a network.
(*)----PVMPOV3----
Author: Cameron MacKinnon -- mac### [at] interlogcom
For: POV-Ray 3.0
WWW: http://www.interlog.com/~mackin/pvmpov3/
Description: Render faster by splitting the workload across computers
that are connected through a network.
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8 -- What People Are Working On?
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I will put much more in here soon. Just need to sort through
various email and newgroup articles I saved.
----AniPOV----
Author: Tim Coombes -- tim### [at] hitechnetau (DT Software)
Version: Will be 4.0 (earlier vers. were inhouse)
Status: Not out yet.
Platform: Win95
Tryout Type: Shareware
Cost: $A50-60?
WWW: None that I know of yet.
Description: Will be a powerfull animation system for POV-Ray.
----Fountain include file----
Author: Chris Colefax -- cco### [at] geocitiescom
Status: Not done yet.
File Type: Include File
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/1434
(*)----Midnite Modeller----
Author: David Tylor -- dta### [at] directnetcom
Version: Will be 4.0
Platform: Win32
Tryout Type: Shareware
Cost: ?
WWW: http://www.directnet.com/~dtaylor/midnight/midnight.htm
Notes: He says that version 4.0 SHOULD be out around mid-June
if all goes well. I'm not sure if he means a beta will be
out then, or the finished version. Sounds like it will have
a lot of nice stuff including plugins, hidden-line removal,
built-in raytracer, demoing, arraying transformations,
configurable menus, and a lot of other stuff. He had a good
amount of info. on the page, so check there.
----Munsell Color Solid----
Author: Hideki Komuro -- kom### [at] superwinorjp
File Type: Include File
WWW: http://www.win.or.jp/~a-kojima/indexe.html
Description: Will make a special object, which can be
manipulated in various ways. There is a preview animation
on the web site.
----ParPov----
Author: Christian Vogelgsang -- cnv### [at] cipinformatikuni-erlangende
Platform: "Tested on Linux/Irix but should run on any Platform with
C++-Compiler"
WWW: http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~cnvogelg/ (under Project)
Purpose: "Implement a free, portable and object-oriented C++-Library
which could read any valid POV (Persistence of Vision) Raytracer scene
description files from version 1.x up to 3.x. This library should be
a tool for developing all sort of file convertors with POV Files as
source format."
Status (08-Mar-97): "Currently designing classes and building parser
grammar... "
----Pov2Rib----
Author: Christian Vogelgsang -- cnv### [at] cipinformatikuni-erlangende
Platform: "Tested on Linux/Irix but should run on any Platform with
C++-Compiler"
WWW: http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/~cnvogelg/ (under Project)
Purpose: "A File format convertor. It converts any POV scene description
to a RIB (RenderMan Interface Bytestream) which could be read by a lot
of 3D packages like Vision, Pixar's RenderMan, the Blue Moon Rendering
Toolkit... It's the first real application of LibParPov (see ParPov)"
Status (08-Mar-97): "In a rather conceptual phase for now but it should
lead to something more compilable since I write an article at university
about it."
----Pygmalion----
Author: Michael Bernardo -- ber### [at] acmorg
Older email: ber### [at] ccsneuedu
Status: Still in the works
Platform: Macintosh
Tryout Type: Will be free for students (don't know what
pricing will be for non-students).
WWW: None right now.
Notes: Is a general modeller for POV-Ray for the Mac. Don't
bother the author about when it will be done, as there is
no real way of knowing right now.
----SlEd Modeler----
Author: -- rhp### [at] cstamuedu
WWW: http://www.poapts.com/~rhp5926/sled.html
----SoMA----
Author: Pascal Massimino -- Pas### [at] ensfr
Platform: Windows/UNIX
Tryout Type: Freeware?
Source Code: Yes
WWW: http://www.eleves.ens.fr:8080/home/massimin/ray/povray.html.en
----Targeting System for POVRay----
Author: Fran ? -- ffi### [at] ihugconz
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/8549/
Description: No description of it listed yet.
----Time-Colours----
Author: Demian Thorne -- dem### [at] trinidadnet
Status: Basically done, but no documentation or web page.
File Type: Include File
WWW: None that I know of yet.
Description: This will be a special system/library for animated
pigments.
----VirtualWorlds for OS/2----
Author: Kevin G. Laughbaum -- kev### [at] utsicom
Platoform: OS/2
Tryout Type: Shareware
Cost: ?
WWW: http://www.utsi.com/~kgl/vw/
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9 -- Other POV-Ray Utility Lists
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Daniel Skarda's Bookmarks
http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~0rfelyus/bookmark.html
Notes: This list is not limited to POV-Ray utilities, and is
somewhat unorganized in places, but I found several things
there, that aren't anywheres else.
Gautam N. Lad's POV-Ray Page
http://www.interlog.com/~gautam/povpage.html
Notes: Another comprehensive site. Impulse's and this one overlap
a lot, but still a couple of differences on what is listed.
Impulse's Page
http://www.grfn.org/~nkopp/pov/povray.shtml
Notes: One of the more comprehensive listings of utilities.
Macintosh POV-Ray Resources
http://home.pages.de/%7Emac-pov-resources/
Notes: Good listing of macintosh utilities for POV-Ray. Most of
the utilities on here I haven't seen anywheres else.
Official POV-Ray Site
http://www.povray.org/
Notes: Besides general info. on POV-Ray, they recently put back
back some links to utilities.
The Officially Unofficial POV-Ray 3.0 Utility Warehouse
http://quark.vpplus.com/~redbeard/raytrace/POVRay-Util.html
Notes: Listing primarily of POV-Ray include files.
POV Access
http://cq-pan.cqu.edu.au/~aldousm/access/
Notes: Yahoo-like listing of various POV-Ray stuff (like the Raytracing
Home Page). Not too too many things under Modellers and Utilities,
but enough that I can list it here.
POV-Ray CDROM -- Utilities for POV-Ray
http://www.povray.org/pov-cdrom/cd/programs/povutil/
Notes: This is the listing of utilities from the online version
of the official POV-Ray CDROM. It is a bit outdated now,
but still gives a lot of good information.
Pov Utilities -- By Harry Rowe
http://mimine.inet.co.kr/~iyhwang/povray/povutil.html
Notes: Very lage text listing of POV-Ray utilities. It seems to be
outdated, but could still be usefull. Does anyone know anything
about this list or the author? Tried writing to the e-mail
address provided, but my mail bounced back.
The Raytracing Home Page
http://www.cm.cf.ac.uk:/Ray.Tracing/
Notes: The links on here are a bit hodgepodged, since it is automated
with visitors adding links. Good resource though. Also has info.
on other raytracing packages besides POV-Ray.
Steve Wallace's POV Utility Review
http://www.dhc.net/~swallace/index.htm
Notes: While being smaller than some of the other lists, it has
good descriptions and example images. It also just added
some more entries, some of which aren't on the other lists.
The Unix Graphics Utilities Pages
http://www.csn.net/~mjhammel/ugu/ugu.html
Notes: Pretty comprehensive listing of various Unix utilities. Look
under Software for these, and under PUP for some of his own
utilities.
Visionaries POV-Ray Software Links
http://www.visionaries.co.uk/hots/povtools.hts
Notes: A lot of good links. Some are outdated, but there are some
things I haven't seen listed anywheres else.
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By Shawn Fumo
sha### [at] the-spacom
http://www.the-spa.com/shawn.fumo/
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