POV Ray Stuff

1-pov-ray.md

POV-Ray for OSX

http://megapov.inetart.net/povrayunofficial_mac/finalpov.html

• /scenes folder for lots of demo scenes. /scenes/advanced for complex works (chess2.pov and ntreal.pov are nice)
• /doc for reference and tutorial!
• pov has a version compatibility dropdown for rendering older files!

Prerendered HD examples! (by me)

https://imgur.com/a/dLr16fd

Mathematical/Geometric Artists

Some of these have source files available for rendering.

• http://bugman123.com/index.html
• http://dataduppedings.no/subcube/POV-Ray/index.html
• http://f-lohmueller.de/apov/ag_00.htm
• http://www.spundreams.net/~andy/raytrace.html

Ray Tracing Competition

Most sources available.

• http://www.povray.org/competition/
• http://www.irtc.org/stills/

Early POV works

• http://news.povray.org/povray.binaries.scene-files/?ttop=415701&toff=150 (Mike Millers 'Drag11' is that cool palace scene)

2-lego-cad.md

Lego CAD for POV-Ray

Overall Info about exporting and cad workflows (LSynth is important for curvy bits)

• https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/65876-guide-rendering-ldraw-models-using-pov-ray/

OSX friendly model viewer that exports to POV-Ray

• http://ldview.sourceforge.net/

Gallery of model files and set numbers

• http://www.brickshelf.com model downloads
• https://brickset.com/sets set database

Troubleshooting/Examples for Lsynth

• http://www.holly-wood.it/lsynth-en.html

Another model viewer/editor (no pov export)

• http://bricksmith.sourceforge.net/