[Visualpython-users] New povexport-2008-11-24

[Bruce S. <Bru...@nc...>]

On the home page of vpython.org is a new version of povexport, the 
module which lets you export a VPython scene as a POV-ray file, from 
which POV-ray can make a high-quality ray-traced scene.

The only new feature as far as Visual 3 is concerned is that it now 
handles ellipsoids. But the major development is that it is compatible 
both with Visual 3 and the upcoming Visual 5, with support in the latter 
case for transparency and local lights.

I'll mention that there has been available for some time in povexport an 
option to specify "shadowless" operation by POV-ray (don't create 
shadows). Here is sample usage:

...code to make a scene, then:
from povexport import export
export(scene, shadowless=True)

Bruce Sherwood