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[nightoftheroundtable]

I need help with AC3D its saying something about a problem.. cause when I try to render it says...

The render program:
C:\Program Files\POV-Ray for Windows v3.6\bin\pvengine.exe
does not exist or is not accessable.
Please set render program above.

and one of the file I need is ac3dpovfile.pov

any body know where I can get this file

[Andy]

Have you installed Povray from www.povray.org?

Install that and then press on the browse button to set the render program on the AC3D Render dialog.

[nightoftheroundtable]

no I haven't installed povray yet. are there any different features to this rendering program

[Dennis]

no I haven't installed povray yet. are there any different features to this rendering program

POV-Ray is an entirely separate program from AC3D. AC3D is a modeler, and POV-Ray is a renderer --- any models you build in AC3D can be rendered with POV-Ray.

Hope that helps,

Dennis

[nightoftheroundtable]

yup that does help thanks. you can kinda tell I'm a newbie with AC3D. are there any tutorial links that I can look at to help me out

[Dennis]

Check out this link, a beginner's guide for POV-Ray and AC3D:

http://www.ac3d.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=174

Although POV-Ray's latest stable release is 3.6, the "guide" covers POV-Ray 3.5; if you're an absolute beginner, I'd definitely recommend getting 3.5 for now, and upgrading later when you get more comfortable with POV-Ray. You can get 3.5 from here:

ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/Old-Versions/Official-3.5/Windows/

The file you want from there is povwin35.exe.

Here's an additional link from the same author (Woody) that goes a step further:

http://www.ac3d.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=186

For modeling, the tutorials link from AC3D is a good place to start:

http://www.ac3d.org/ac3d/tutorials/

And I host a couple on my website:

http://supercoldmilk.com/ac3dtut/index.html

Good luck,

Dennis

[nightoftheroundtable]

okay thanks ooh and I have one more question how can you add texture into AC3D withouth putting an object there cause I was reading one of the tutorials on how to make treads on tires and I got confused by what they ment.



"
Begin a new scene within AC3D and load your front and side Orth views with the "tire_blueprint.jpg" image. For your pan view, load the "tread_pattern.jpg" image."


any ideas cause I'm confused lol.

[Dennis]

Check out the "Ortho" menu above each of the 2d ortho views (not the main Ortho menu, the menu). You're looking for a "set background image" function,