Re: POV-Ray ExporterLatest povray version is 3.8 beta 2
https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/releases/
Blender does have full support for .pov files
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| Posted by Xlance at Sep 29, 2026, 10:33:46 AM |
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POV-Ray Exporter POV-Ray renderer Exporter v1.1 This plugin translates your complete 3D home plans—including multi-level geometry, complex furniture meshes, custom textures, and lighting—directly into POV-Ray renderer scene files (.pov). Key Features: Advanced Radiosity Profiles: Choose from 9 carefully calibrated lighting presets (from rapid draft to studio-quality final renders) without writing a line of code. True Geometry Translation: Retains precise 3D meshes (Java3D) for furniture, mitered wall corners, and exact room footprints. Intelligent Terrain: Automatically generates raised podiums and excavated ground cutouts for underground levels and ramps. Fault-Tolerant Exporting: A single broken 3D model won't ruin your export. The plugin safely bypasses corrupt furniture meshes, logs the error, and completes the scene. Dynamic Sky & Sun Mapping: Converts your chosen geographic location, time of day, and equirectangular sky textures into accurate parallel lighting and sky spheres. https://sourceforge.net/p/sweethome3d/plug-ins/70/ ---------------------------------------- Windows 64bit | Intel i7 | SH3D 8.0 + Plugins |
| Posted by Keet at Sep 29, 2026, 11:37:15 AM |
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Re: POV-Ray Exporter A little more explanation would be nice for non-advanced users. You need a separate program to generate the images (POV-Ray ) which is several years old (2013) and only Windows. There are older versions for Unix/Linux but these are not just 'older' but ancient (2004). That said, they should work and create amazing renderings, plus the source code is available. I couldn't find more recent software that renders .pov files but it seems that there is "POV-Ray 3.7 integration for Blender". See also: https://filext.com/file-extension/POV ---------------------------------------- Dodecagon.nl 1300+ 3D models, manuals, and projects |
| Posted by Xlance at Sep 29, 2026, 2:56:25 PM |
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Re: POV-Ray Exporter Latest povray version is 3.8 beta 2 https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/releases/ Blender does have full support for .pov files ---------------------------------------- Windows 64bit | Intel i7 | SH3D 8.0 + Plugins |
| Posted by Keet at Sep 29, 2026, 5:42:37 PM |
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Re: POV-Ray Exporter Good that there's continued development, I missed that version. (Although not every Linux user is able to build from source code.) The render examples I have seen are really good so another way to create high quality renders. ---------------------------------------- Dodecagon.nl 1300+ 3D models, manuals, and projects |
| Posted by Xlance at Sep 30, 2026, 4:23:21 PM |
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Re: POV-Ray Exporter POVRAY can render .HDR and .EXR high dynamic range 96 bit images ---------------------------------------- Windows 64bit | Intel i7 | SH3D 8.0 + Plugins |
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