11th March 2006, 12:55 AM | #1 |
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I need help with AC3D its saying something about a problem.. cause when I try to render it says...
The render program: C:\Program Files\POV-Ray for Windows v3.6\bin\pvengine.exe does not exist or is not accessable. Please set render program above. and one of the file I need is ac3dpovfile.pov any body know where I can get this file |
11th March 2006, 04:12 AM | #2 |
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Have you installed Povray from www.povray.org?
Install that and then press on the browse button to set the render program on the AC3D Render dialog. |
17th March 2006, 01:39 AM | #3 |
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no I haven't installed povray yet. are there any different features to this rendering program
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yup that does help thanks. you can kinda tell I'm a newbie with AC3D. are there any tutorial links that I can look at to help me out
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Check out this link, a beginner's guide for POV-Ray and AC3D:
http://www.ac3d.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=174 Although POV-Ray's latest stable release is 3.6, the "guide" covers POV-Ray 3.5; if you're an absolute beginner, I'd definitely recommend getting 3.5 for now, and upgrading later when you get more comfortable with POV-Ray. You can get 3.5 from here: ftp://ftp.povray.org/pub/povray/Old-...l-3.5/Windows/ The file you want from there is povwin35.exe. Here's an additional link from the same author (Woody) that goes a step further: http://www.ac3d.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=186 For modeling, the tutorials link from AC3D is a good place to start: http://www.ac3d.org/ac3d/tutorials/ And I host a couple on my website: http://supercoldmilk.com/ac3dtut/index.html Good luck, Dennis |
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okay thanks ooh and I have one more question how can you add texture into AC3D withouth putting an object there cause I was reading one of the tutorials on how to make treads on tires and I got confused by what they ment.
" Begin a new scene within AC3D and load your front and side Orth views with the "tire_blueprint.jpg" image. For your pan view, load the "tread_pattern.jpg" image." any ideas cause I'm confused lol. |
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Check out the "Ortho" menu above each of the 2d ortho views (not the main Ortho menu, the menu). You're looking for a "set background image" function,
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