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12th February 2017, 01:52 PM | #1 |
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Using POV-Ray 3.7 with ac3D?
Can anyone tell me how to set up POV-Ray v3.7 with ac3D? I downloaded POV-Ray v3.7 and installed it on my Windows 10 PC. I then set up ac3D to create the "ac3dpovfile.pov" and rendered a drawing. However, the image that POV-Ray generates is very low resolution. I didn't have this problem when I was using POV-Ray v3.5 on a Windows XP PC. The help file for POV-Ray is massive and doesn't have any hints about using it with ac3D. I tried to install POV-Ray v3.5 on my Windows 10 PC, but it doesn't work there.
Can anyone tell me how to set up POV-Ray v3.7 to work with ac3D? |
13th February 2017, 08:30 PM | #2 |
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Re: Using POV-Ray 3.7 with ac3D?
There is a thread over here: http://www.inivis.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1903 that talks to POVRay in general. I've used POVRay 3.7 with AC3D 7 and 8 on windows 8 and linux without much problem. I do often hand edit the .pov files that ac3d generates, but ac3d does a much cleaner job than blender in exporting good .pov files.
In the "Render parameters" box you can put command line switches to control the POVRay output. My string "+P +A0.2 +FN32 +UA +w1100 +h700 ac3dpovfile.pov" Means: Pause after Rendering, Antialiasing setting 0.2, output 32 bit PNG files, Using an alpha channel, 1100 pixels wide, 700 pixels high |
17th February 2017, 10:38 AM | #3 |
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Re: Using POV-Ray 3.7 with ac3D?
Thank you for your prompt response.
POV-Ray version 3.7 didn't work for me with the Render Parameters that you specified, but it gave me a place to start. Eventually, I figured it out. POV-Ray allows you to accomplish the same thing in different ways, but I didn't find the HELP file very helpful when it came to simply using POV-Ray with ac3d. |
25th October 2017, 05:02 PM | #4 |
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Re: Using POV-Ray 3.7 with ac3D?
Hi there, I am trying to get POV-Ray v3.7 to work with AC3D v8.0.80. But keep get this message. Read the previous thread on making a header file and trying the above suggested settings. Have Windows 10 x64. Attached some pictures. Thanks.
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25th October 2017, 08:35 PM | #5 |
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Re: Using POV-Ray 3.7 with ac3D?
I had a similar problem until I downloaded the 64-bit version of Pov-Ray which uses (pvengine64.exe). Then I tinkered with the Render settings and AC3D's settings until I got it to work. My Render settings are attached.
I am using Windows 10 Home. If you are not using Windows 10, the 64-bit program may not work for you. Good Luck! Last edited by Terry Capps; 25th October 2017 at 09:07 PM. |
26th October 2017, 11:08 AM | #6 |
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Re: Using POV-Ray 3.7 with ac3D?
Still have the same problem. I have Windows 10 Pro x64. Went back to POV x64 version. I am wondering if the header file is correct and in the correct location. I made a include folder and place it in the root directory POV-Ray. I copied and paste the header.inc from the earlier post. Under settings I have:
#version 3.7;#include# "header.inc." |
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