Subject

Add render POV-Ray generated images.

Environment

Version of LPub3D - 2.3.7
Operating system - All

Solution

Menu item

Render dialogue include settings for Width, Height, Scale, Resolution, Povray quality, Output alpha (+UA), POV-Ray export options dialogue, and Model file preferences dialogue.

Render starts with 'Preparing POV file....' status to the left of the 'Render' button. Note: The initial render step shown in the screen below may take some time as the POV scene file is generated by the LDV module.

This screenshot shows the return when an error is encountered by POV-Ray.

The POV-Ray std-err log is parsed and presented in the 'Details...' section of the returned message dialogue.

Cancel dialogue - the 'Render' button is switched to 'Cancel' when rendering commences.

Render progress is indicated by both the image progress and the progress dialogue in the header

POV-Ray render completed.

POV file generation options dialogue button

POV file generation options showing default POV lights (point and area lights)

Model preferences dialogue button

Model preferences

Using 'POV-Ray Render' preference set