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10 Oct 2024 03:32:48 EDT (-0400)
  Re: conversion between POV and CAD formats  
From: Volker
Date: 24 Mar 2006 17:00:00
Message: <web.44246bb296d63a51cd60f7d50@news.povray.org>
"Charles C" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
> If nothing else, you can always use POV's file writing ability, along with
> POV scripts that generate your own trianges (fun fun), and then output them
> in some raw-ish format that could be understood by CAD apps or converters.
> I think somebody (or people) on here had some macros which used the trace
> function to generate meshes.  I'm guessing using POV itself to convert a
> limited amount of stuff is more work for less than you had in mind, but
> some at least some things are possible.
>
> Charles
>
>
> "Volker" <vol### [at] gmxnet> wrote:
> > Hi folks!
> >
> > Does anyone know a tool with what POV geometry can be converted to 3D-CAD
> > formats that can be read by Solid Works or Inventor, such as SAT, STP, IGS
> > or the like? Also the other way around would be interesting.
> >
> > Hope to get a lot of answers soon!
> >
> > Volker


Thank you for your quick answers, both of you. Hope it weren't the last ones
;-) I'll keep on monitoring the newsgroup...

Volker


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