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From: Harry Peverell
Subject: How can I export .pov files from Blender?
Date: 7 Oct 2024 07:20:00
Message: <web.6703c3b38a849177692b25c1b1b44dfe@news.povray.org>
I've read through the "HowTo:Use POV-Ray with Blender" documentation in detail,
but it seems it didn't address my specific issue. When I follow the wiki to use
POV-Ray for rendering, POV-Ray starts and I can see the corresponding path, but
I can't seem to find the .pov file in the Temp folder.

My main goal is to add a custom piece of code to the POV-Ray script. However,
Blender seems to only allow texture replacement. Therefore, I need a way to
export the .pov file directly from Blender.

Any help on how to properly export a .pov file would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

Harry


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From: Alain Martel
Subject: Re: How can I export .pov files from Blender?
Date: 7 Oct 2024 10:16:59
Message: <6703ed5b$1@news.povray.org>
Le 2024-10-07 à 07:19, Harry Peverell a écrit :
> I've read through the "HowTo:Use POV-Ray with Blender" documentation in detail,
> but it seems it didn't address my specific issue. When I follow the wiki to use
> POV-Ray for rendering, POV-Ray starts and I can see the corresponding path, but
> I can't seem to find the .pov file in the Temp folder.
> 
> My main goal is to add a custom piece of code to the POV-Ray script. However,
> Blender seems to only allow texture replacement. Therefore, I need a way to
> export the .pov file directly from Blender.
> 
> Any help on how to properly export a .pov file would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Harry

What you see in an *.ini file.
You should open it in notepad or another text editor. In that file, you 
will find the actual path to the *.pov file.
Look for a line starting with «Input_File_Name=»


Side note.
 From your screen shot, I see that you are using the admin account.
«C:/Users/admin/...»
That's a very bad idea. You should never use the admin account for 
normal operation, only to install some applications. Using that account 
is a serious security threat. That mean that ANY malicious application 
have unrestricted access to your whole system.
Better use a regular account for normal use.


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From: Harry Peverell
Subject: Re: How can I export .pov files from Blender?
Date: 9 Oct 2024 09:00:00
Message: <web.67067da2f54f0d9f3bb2382ab1b44dfe@news.povray.org>
Alain Martel <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:

> > I've read through the "HowTo:Use POV-Ray with Blender" documentation in detail,
> > but it seems it didn't address my specific issue. When I follow the wiki to use
> > POV-Ray for rendering, POV-Ray starts and I can see the corresponding path, but
> > I can't seem to find the .pov file in the Temp folder.
> >
> > My main goal is to add a custom piece of code to the POV-Ray script. However,
> > Blender seems to only allow texture replacement. Therefore, I need a way to
> > export the .pov file directly from Blender.
> >
> > Any help on how to properly export a .pov file would be greatly appreciated!
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Harry
>
> What you see in an *.ini file.
> You should open it in notepad or another text editor. In that file, you
> will find the actual path to the *.pov file.

>
>
> Side note.
>  From your screen shot, I see that you are using the admin account.

> That's a very bad idea. You should never use the admin account for
> normal operation, only to install some applications. Using that account
> is a serious security threat. That mean that ANY malicious application
> have unrestricted access to your whole system.
> Better use a regular account for normal use.

Thank you for the guidance on locating the *.ini file and explaining what to
look for within it. I'll open it in a text editor and check the path to the
*.pov file as you suggested.

Also, you're absolutely right about the use of the admin account. I appreciate
the heads-up on security best practices. I'll definitely switch to a regular
account for normal operations to minimize potential risks.

Harry


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