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Download the following file called zzldraw.zip [7]. |
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Locate your POV-Ray 3.5 application folder and look for a sub-folder called "Insert Menu". Place the "ZZ - LDraw"
found inside the povray.zip file inside the sub-folder "Insert Menu".
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| Step 3 |
Open POV-Ray and click on the insert menu and you will notice at the bottom you have a new menu called LDraw.
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| Step 4 |
Select the Floors sub-men and you will see a select of floors you can pick from. Click on any floor to insert the code into your .POV file. It is recommened that you insert the floors
code near the floor plane already in your pov-ray file.
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| Step 5 |
We have included Jeroen De Haan's Ultra Realistic Rendering Code as well. In order for his code to work properly you will need to download the following zip file as well:
radiosityv2.zip [8].
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| Step 6 |
Create a folder called "POV Code" anywhere On your computer. In this tutorial we will create the folder at C:\LDraw\Apps\POV Code
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| Step 7 |
Extract the contents radiosityv22.zip into the POV Code folder.
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| Step 8 |
Open POV-Ray and located the "Edit Master POVRAY.INI" under the tools menus.
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| Step 9 |
A text file will appear in windows Notepad. Scroll to the bottom of the file until you see the following and ADD
the text in THIS FONT to your file. Save and close the file when you are done.
; Specify path to search for any files not found in current
; directory. Up to 10 such paths may be specified.
; These were added by the install process with your installation
; drive and directory already patched in.
;
Library_Path=C:\LDraw\Apps\POV-Ray v3.5\INCLUDE
Library_Path=C:\WINDOWS\Fonts
Library_Path=C:\LDraw\Apps\POV Code
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| Step 10 |
Congradulations you are now done. To learn more about Jeroen De Haan's powerful POV-Ray code visit his website
http://www.digitalbricks.nl/RENDER/index.html [9]. Jeroen provide detail examples as to what his files do.
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