povray35/megapov0.7&1.0/mlpov0.8 exporter(Feb 24)

Coding Python Support
41

hi,

Anyway, :wink: new release of povanim 8) :


#--------------------------
# V.12p
#    Added:
# - Extra materials: "Global Reflection" to set all relflection to a
#    given value
#    or to not reflection at all; "Global Map Value" to set the power
#    value of the 
#    uvmapped textures in pigment_map/texture_map; "Global
#    paint Value" to set 
#    the power value of the vertex paint textures in
#    pigment_map/texture_map
# 
# - Postprocess for Megapov. 3 windows: focal blur (for fun), 
#   posterize  and   find_edges (for toon shading!!)
#

:wink:

42

http://jmsoler.free.fr/images_site/povanimthumb.gif

news release, V12r. Minor bugs fixed as animation of objects with
negative size, default color of faces when material is given to the
object not to a mesh. No more conflict between name object and
povray keywords.
Etc.
http://jmsoler.free.fr/util/blenderfile/povanim.htm

jm

43

jm, can you explain the following?

I have exported a scene file (test.blend) which has a sphere, a plane, and a square spotlight to povray 3.5

When I load up maintest.pov and run it, I get the following error:

<snip pov messages>

File: meshtest.inc Line: 11
Error: Could not find file ‘testSphereverts.inc’

File: meshtest.inc Line: 11
vertex_vectors{ #include “testSphereverts.inc”

<----ERROR

Parse Error: Cannot open include file testSphereverts.inc.
File: meshtest.inc Line: 11
Warning: Check that the file is in a directory specifed with a +L switch
or ‘Library_Path=’ .INI item. Standard include files are in the
include directory or folder. Please read your documentation carefully.

Returned from renderer with error status

To get this error fixed, I have to open the meshtest.inc file and add "mesh" to every #include statement in that file, that is:

//Mesh number: 1
#declare Sphere = mesh2 {
                      vertex_vectors{ #include "mesh	estSphereverts.inc"}
                      normal_vectors{ #include "mesh	estSpherenorm.inc"}
                      face_indices{ #include "mesh	estSpherefaces.inc"}
                      normal_indices{ #include "mesh	estSpherenindice.inc"}
}

After editing the meshtest.inc file, the scene renders fine with no errors.

Any suggestions?

Apart from that, nice script, I like the nice tidy pov file the script creates.

regards

–
Brian

44

Hi Brian,

try to load “maintest.ini” instead of the “.pov” one and run it. The addresses of the libraries are defined in this file.
Thank to use Povanim.

:slight_smile: jm

45

Thanks jm!

All sorted now!

:smiley:

–
Brian

46

To play with the new “Material Design’s Graphic Interface” of the future release14
http://jmsoler.free.fr/util/blenderfile/PyPovanim_14c.zip
Not complete yet, the material interface is not active either…

:slight_smile:

47

Your script just gets better and better, the GUI actually looks good too!
I recently saw that one of your scripts (the one that creates shells) was actually used for a python magazine cover (‘PyZine’ I think).

48

Thank you.
It becomes harder to change parts without a heavy work and a lot of time.

Whow! I didn’t know. Cool thing.
:slight_smile:

49

You can find the magazine here:
http://www.pyzine.com/issues/01/01/

50

http://jmsoler.free.fr/util/blenderfile/PyPovanim_B225.zip
Just a trial…

jm

51

Would you care to publish the sources of the function library? I have been trying to look into the .py module code, but it seems that some bugs are in the function library.

I would appreciate it if I were allowed to look into the code and have a go at the ‘bugs’ (incompatabilites with 2.25).

Thx.

-DHNL

52

Incompatabilites with 2.25 is not a “bug”. The blender 2.25 python API is simply different. If you are interested to use
Povanim with the publisher 2.25 try this files:
http://jmsoler.free.fr/util/blenderfile/PyPovanim_B225.zip

jm

53

I know they are no bugs (that’s why I used the ‘’). I know it is because of the incompatabilities.

I tried already the PyPovanim_B225 (downloaded it a few hours ago), but because of the different Python API it has some problems (unless you just updated the the scripts :wink: ). That’s why I asked wether it is possible to look at the source of the function library…

54

Sorry, sources are not free for the moment …

jm

55

Sorry, sources are not free for the moment …

jm[/quote]

…and they will be not until the end of the development.

jm

56

new version of the script:
http://jmsoler.free.fr/util/blenderfile/PyPovanim_14i.zip
It is possible now to add bump effects to materials. Try the “normal” windows in Extra Material. English tutorial if i find a translator for this page (not yet ended):
http://jmsoler.free.fr/util/blenderfile/povanim_addnorm.htm

jm

57

hi, i’m an old blender user and i’m new at povanim. I tried to make a glass sphere with refraction but the sphere is now green! does anyone know what is the problem?

58

That is just a problem with the line
“fade_color <0.51.0,0.81.0,0.6*0.15789>”
in meshyourfile.inc . If you do not like :smiley: this color
you can remove this line.

Regards

59

That was it! Thank you jms! :smiley:

60

That is just a problem with the line
“fade_color <0.51.0,0.81.0,0.6*0.15789>”
in meshyourfile.inc . If you do not like this color
you can remove this line.

or change teh value:
“fade_color <0.80,0.8,0.8>”
for instance…

regards