High!

Currently, I'm working on a 3D frontpage cover for the web version of a 
newspaper issued by a vocational training center in Cologne, Germany. As 
the name of the newspaper is "Ente" (duck), which is colloquial German 
for "press hoax", I had the idea of programming a nostalgic 70s retro 
scene containing a Citroen 2CV (and, of course, a pretty long-haired 
hippie dude) - which is in Germany also called "Ente".

As I remember from a posting back in 2003 on p.b.i. (by Gilles Tran? The 
title was "Not for sale anymore"...), I know that free 3DS models of the 
Citroen 2CV exist on the web, but after downloading the model at 
http://www.cadthai.com/dw/md/2CV6scenes.zip, I realized that the 
time-honoured 3DS2POV converter can't handle modern 3D Studio Max files.

So my question: does anybody here around know of POV converters for more 
contemporary 3DS files?

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar

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> ...I realized that the time-honoured 3DS2POV converter can't handle modern
> 3D Studio Max files.
>
> So my question: does anybody here around know of POV converters for more
> contemporary 3DS files?

If you are using windows, you can use POSERAY.
The v3.8.7 has just been released this week.
It take 3DS file, and export it to POV.

http://user.txcyber.com/~sgalls/index.htm

In the requirement, FlyerX said that some users have reported that PoseRay
also works with some emulators for Mac or Linux...

http://user.txcyber.com/~sgalls/poserayhelp.htm#requirements


Vincent

P.S.
I wanted to reply, using the web view of the news group, but it wasn' t
possible !
There was no "Post a reply to this message" under your question.
So I have to use the standard newsreader at news://news.povray.org/ ???

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Wasn't it Vincent Simar who wrote:
>> ...I realized that the time-honoured 3DS2POV converter can't handle modern
>> 3D Studio Max files.
>>
>> So my question: does anybody here around know of POV converters for more
>> contemporary 3DS files?
>
>If you are using windows, you can use POSERAY.
>The v3.8.7 has just been released this week.
>It take 3DS file, and export it to POV.

But the file in question is a MAX file, not a 3DS file. That will be why
things like 3DS2POV and other convertors can't touch it. I don't know of
anything that can convert MAX files.

-- 
Mike Williams
Gentleman of Leisure

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High!

Mike Williams schrieb:


> But the file in question is a MAX file, not a 3DS file. That will be why
> things like 3DS2POV and other convertors can't touch it. I don't know of
> anything that can convert MAX files.

So is there a 3DS (not MAX!) model of the Citroen 2CV available 
anywhere? Hmmm... and how to model the long-haired hippie dude? Are 
there perhaps even pre-made 3DS (or even POV) models of long-haired 
bearded hippies?

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Yadgar <yaz### [at] gmxde> wrote:
> High!
>
> Currently, I'm working on a 3D frontpage cover for the web version of a
> newspaper issued by a vocational training center in Cologne, Germany. As
> the name of the newspaper is "Ente" (duck), which is colloquial German
> for "press hoax", I had the idea of programming a nostalgic 70s retro
> scene containing a Citroen 2CV (and, of course, a pretty long-haired
> hippie dude) - which is in Germany also called "Ente".
>
> As I remember from a posting back in 2003 on p.b.i. (by Gilles Tran? The
> title was "Not for sale anymore"...), I know that free 3DS models of the
> Citroen 2CV exist on the web, but after downloading the model at
> http://www.cadthai.com/dw/md/2CV6scenes.zip, I realized that the
> time-honoured 3DS2POV converter can't handle modern 3D Studio Max files.
>
> So my question: does anybody here around know of POV converters for more
> contemporary 3DS files?
>
> See you in Khyberspace!
>
> Yadgar

Hi

You can convert 3DS to POV using Pipline3D - you can download a free trial from
www.kalsaya.com. You can also go from OBJ,XSI,PLY,LWO and others to POV.

good luck!

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