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  Re: POV conversion tool for 3D Studio Max files?  
From: promotions
Date: 7 Jun 2008 09:40:00
Message: <web.484a8f18fea59c33b505a470@news.povray.org>
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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