Macro to see results renders PovRay

[psicofil]

Hello. I create a macro to render povray files, setting up the final image size and quality.

Record a video to show how it works: http://youtu.be/pLtQelFyavg

Also I did some templates, but the problem is with the default light that brings FreeCAD, perhaps should be 3 types of templates, one that creates the world, another texture to the part and one for the lights, so it could povray file write as follows:
1 - includes + world
2 - texture
3 - camera (does freecad)
4 - light (so the position of the light in the template can use the parameters of the camera)
5 - part (does freecad)

It's just an opinion.

P / D: the macro only works on Linux and should be installed povray in / usr / bin / povray

[jriegel]

Would be greate you could do it as a integration of the Raytracing workbench. I would like to continue the PovRay support, since PovRay is very easy on Windows...

[yorik]

Excellent work psicofil, you are becoming a real freecad coder! I see you are becoming good with pyqt!
Extending templates like you say seems good too

I also like povray very much... It is old, but still there and still active, and it is very very versatile, the swiss knife of rendering.
This macro could easily be turned into a real freecad command, like the WizardShaft in PartDesign...

[psicofil]

Povray is a render that is still maintained, although not as modern as others, you can get good results before too long and easy way.
Some renders I did: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1222&start=320
Best of povray is that there are very many worlds templates, textures, lights pre-made. Povray himself and brings several.
Lux render is the most realistic I've seen, but it is more complicated and takes a long time to get results.

There is a way, show small previews with pytq in a window?

The steps could be:
1) choose scenario (background, if there is a reflective surface, only leftovers, type of lights) The user has a preview would be ideal
2) selecting camera (view)
3) light intensity
4) Choose textures
(lights are located according to the disposition between the camera)
5) A message "Rendering .. please wait"
6) We can already see our render.

After the ideal would merge with the draft mrlukeparry

P / D: I'm reading about git, soon there'll upload my progress on the module info, and povray.... Sorry for my bad english

[psicofil]

Hi all, after a long time of absence I return with an update of the macro to be used in in FreeCAD Povray.
Thanks to yorik now can render and see the results within in FreeCAD.
This macro addition to these options, the ability to edit .pov files inside in FreeCAD as well as other options such report rendering console, antialasing and alpha channel is added.

Here a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGlv5cnkMv8

Regards to all.

Macro'll upload as soon solve some performance problems and some new features.

Sorry for my bad English

[psicofil]

Here the Macro.

Povray_Render.FCMacro.zip

Not really a zip

(4.5 KiB) Downloaded 121 times

Regards.

[psicofil]

Hello everyone from now I'll upload my macros to github .
Here I leave the link of macro povray with some improvements:
https://github.com/psicofil/Macros_Free ... ay.FCMacro

I am working for the macro to work in windows.
Regards.

Sorry for my bad english.

[yorik]

Hello everyone from now I'll upload my macros to github .

Very good. At some point I think we should start to do that with all macros...

One day, we'll need to ask github people to treat .FCMacro files as python syntax

Very good macro BTW! very practical.