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From: Owen J Mortensen
Subject: IGES conversion
Date: 4 Jan 1999 18:49:01
Message: <3691536d.0@news.povray.org>

Anyone know of a way to convert IGES files to POVRAY input?

Thanks,
Owen Mortensen

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From: Thomas Baier
Subject: Re: IGES conversion
Date: 5 Jan 1999 01:22:04
Message: <3691AFEE.8682B254@ibm.net>

Hi,


> Anyone know of a way to convert IGES files to POVRAY input?
>
> Thanks,
> Owen Mortensen
>

Just try Rhino: it imports IGES and exports Povray

-tb

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From: Dan Connelly
Subject: Re: IGES conversion
Date: 5 Jan 1999 20:21:59
Message: <3692BAAD.77B37C22@flash.net>

Rhino is also over $700.....  that's a big "just" :).


Thomas Baier wrote:
> 
> Just try Rhino: it imports IGES and exports Povray
> 
> -tb

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From: Thomas Baier
Subject: Re: IGES conversion
Date: 6 Jan 1999 02:21:14
Message: <36930F4F.9DA8C73B@ibm.net>

Hi Dan,

> Rhino is also over $700.....  that's a big "just" :).
>

Sorry for that expensive "just". I have forgotten that now Rhino is
cashware.

No more ideas, sorry.

-tb

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From: Ken
Subject: Re: IGES conversion
Date: 6 Jan 1999 02:36:27
Message: <36931204.67555C2C@pacbell.net>

Thomas Baier wrote:
> 
> Hi Dan,
> 
> > Rhino is also over $700.....  that's a big "just" :).
> >
> 
> Sorry for that expensive "just". I have forgotten that now Rhino is
> cashware.
> 
> No more ideas, sorry.
> 
> -tb

In the usenet group alt.cad there has been recent discussion
about IGES viewers and conversion programs and the prices
have ranged from $800 all the way up to $2200 so in comparison
Rhino is a bargin :)

-- 
Ken Tyler

tyl### [at] pacbellnet

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From: Dan Connelly
Subject: Re: IGES conversion
Date: 6 Jan 1999 21:34:52
Message: <36941D39.4BB8336C@flash.net>

Heck -- just getting ones hands on the standard costs some major
cash :

  https://www.uspro.org/new_catalog/approved_iges.html

Dan

P.S. Rhino is $ US795, $ CA695.... http://www.rhino3d.com/

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From: Michael Carter
Subject: Re: IGES conversion
Date: 10 Jan 1999 22:53:40
Message: <369973d9.9093633@news.povray.org>

On Tue, 05 Jan 1999 23:34:28 -0800, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:

>Thomas Baier wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Dan,
>> 
>> > Rhino is also over $700.....  that's a big "just" :).
>> >
>> 
>> Sorry for that expensive "just". I have forgotten that now Rhino is
>> cashware.
>> 
>> No more ideas, sorry.
>> 
>> -tb
>
>In the usenet group alt.cad there has been recent discussion
>about IGES viewers and conversion programs and the prices
>have ranged from $800 all the way up to $2200 so in comparison
>Rhino is a bargin :)

	Catching up to this thread rather late but, this is one thing
that blows my mind about AMAPI, announced a while ago in
alt.raytracing ( or maybe it was alt.machines.cnc ) Amapi has an iges
and a pov file export feature. I'm trying the the program now but with
any modeller you have to "get" the philosophy behind it to make it a
"joy to work with " :-). My background is CAD/CAM and yes IGES
translators even as standalone start at about $500. (Canadian EH!)
There are good ones and not so good ones because IGES contains so much
data about "trimmed" surfaces and how to interpret them into your
particular program. Amapi is selling for $399 and seems to be pretty
slick. It's still a gross amount of money if you're used to freeware.




Michael Carter [mac### [at] interlogcom]

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