Olaf Corten's OCUS help page for pro2pov

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See also entry in DESCRIPTION file

Usage: pro2pov files
 
	pro2pov converts a .slp render file to a POV-Ray .pov file.
	POV-Ray is a freeware rendering program available at the official
	ftp site ftp.povray.org.
	All colors are converted to a texture with a metallic finish.
	If the last facet is empty it will be deleted (this is common
	with Pro/E).
	You can create Pro/E render files thru #interface #export #render.
	This is part of the Pro/INTERFACE module.
	
	options:	-h =>		this help screen 
			-m =>		use internal model name
			-c =>		assign one color (the first found)
					to every facet
			-n =>		do NOT assign a metallic finish to
					the texture
			-f FINISH =>	assign finish FINISH to all textures.

	Example:
	
	This script will create a povray file with the following
	structure (where [modelname] is the name of the .slp file):

		#declare Pro_[modelname]_1  = texture {pigment{color red .. green .. blue .. }finish{Metal}}
		#declare [modelname]_model =
		object {  // Pro/ENGINEER defined geometry
		  union {
		smooth_triangle{ 
		... [smooth triangle coordinates]
		texture {Pro_[modelname]_1}
		}
		... [more smooth triangles]
		  }
		}

	To include this model in your scene file add the lines:
	
		#include "[modelname].pov"
		object { [modelname]_model }

	BUGS:	Do not include the minus sign in your model names. POV-Ray cannot
		handle them.

Author: Olaf Corten, the Netherlands
E-Mail: olafc@molding.fico.nl or ocorten@knoware.nl

Original script written by Korhan Tekin (korhan@ix.netcom.com)


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# History:
# 19990219 Changed SCRIPTS_DIR extraction.
# 19970905 Fixed internal colornames (c_..) not changing.
# 19970904 Fixed bug: \ in front of texture name for non-SGI machines.
# 19960723 Changed SCRIPTS_DIR setting.
# 19960220 Fixed removal of temporary .sed files.
# 19960116 Fixed several bugs introduced in dec. 95 version.
# 19951211 Added FINISH option.
# 19951206 Added commandline help and included sed and awk scripts.
#	   Added -m, -c and -n options.
#	   Last facet will be deleted if it is empty.
# 19951124 Changed Pro_color.. to Pro_[modelname]..
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# Original script written by Korhan Tekin (korhan@ix.netcom.com), 22-Jul-95
# Permission to distribute freely given under the freeware software license
# agreement.
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