[Visualpython-users] New POV-Ray export

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

In the contributed section of vpython.org there is a new version of the 
POV-Ray export module, povexport-2009-06-14.zip,  that lets you export a 
VPython scene to POV-Ray, which can generate a high-resolution 
ray-traced version of the image.

You have always been able to specify that a scene be "shadowless", which 
meant that lights didn't cast shadows. What's new is that you can now 
you can be more selective by specifying "no_shadow=1" as an attribute 
for individual objects in your VPython scene. Any VPython object which 
has the attribute "no_shadow=1" won't cast a shadow in POV-Ray.

Also, in the new povexport module there's a minor fix to handle 
arrow.fixedwidth correctly.

Bruce Sherwood