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- RTSWIN (Rob's Triangle Smoother for Windows)
- Version 1.0 (9/26/94)
- Copyright (c) 1994, by Robert W. McGregor
-
-
- RTSWIN converts raw data files as output by POVCAD (and other programs)
- into smooth ray-traceable objects for POV 1, POV 2, and Polyray. RTSWIN
- is sort of a post-release extension of POVCAD 4. You don't need to have
- POVCAD 4 to get RTSWIN to work, but you'll need the files CMDIALOG.VBX
- and THREED.VBX. You'll also need a program to create the raw data files.
- These files are included with POVCAD 4 (GO GRAPHDEV, Lib 9, PVCWIN.ZIP).
- You'll also need the run-time library VBRUN300.DLL.
-
-
- How to use RTSWIN
- ------------------
- RTSWIN is really a no-brainer. It takes the source .RAW data file and
- calculates the average surface normals for each face of the polygon mesh.
- It then converts it into either smooth_triangles (POV 1, POV 2 format),
- or patches (Polyray format) in the destination include file. It's no
- RAW2POV, but it works! Complex objects can take awhile, but RTSWIN will
- run in the background as an icon, and pop up when it's done smoothing.
- This is handy because you can do other stuff while it's working.
-
- The basic steps are:
-
- o Enter the source .RAW data file in the top textbox.
-
- o Enter the destination include file name in the box below the first.
- The small buttons next to the boxes (the ones with the "..." on them)
- activate standard Windows common dialog file boxes, to make choosing
- the file locations and names easy. You can type the filenames in if
- you want to, RTSWIN will check for valid input.
-
- o Type an object name in the third box. Use this token to create the
- object in a scene file.
-
- o Choose the export format (POV 1, POV 2, Polyray).
-
- o Do it! (smooth the triangles, that is)
-
-
- Shareware information
- ---------------------
-
- RTSWIN is a shareware program. If you continue to use it after a one-month
- trial period, or if you distribute images containing objects created with it,
- you're expected to pay a registration fee to the author:
-
- Robert W. McGregor
- P.O. Box 2183
- Cocoa FL 32923-2183
-
- Or use the CIS shareware registration forum (GO SWREG), filename RTSWIN.ZIP
- to register on-line.
-
- I think $5 (US) is appropriate, but feel free to send more if you'd like <G>.
- If you've already registered POVCAD 4, no additional registration fee is
- required for RTSWIN -- just send me some email stating that you're using
- it and I'll put you on the registered user list.
-
-
- Support
- -------
-
- If you've got any comments, suggestions, requests or bug reports, send a
- message to:
-
- Rob McGregor,
- CompuServe: 73122,3125
-
- From the Internet: 73122,3125@compuserve.com
-
-
- Redistribution Rules
- --------------------
-
- Feel free to re-upload this program to other bulletin boards or online
- systems or to give copies to friends. Just keep it in its *original,
- unmodified* form. Don't change the name of the ZIP file. It's supposed
- to be called RTSWIN.ZIP.
-
- Do not include this program on a floppy disk or CD along with any magazine,
- book, hardware product, or other software product without my permission.
-
- Do not include this program inside an archive along with any shareware or
- freeware program unless you have my permission.
-
-
- Version History
- ---------------
-
- Ver. 1.0 (9/26/94) -
- Initial release.
-
-