> I have two observations which I'd like to mention about the Jmol and
> POV-Ray relationship.
> After some scripting etc I obtain my crystal structure on the Jmol
> window and set perspectiveDepth off.
> Then I open the dialog box for POV-Ray Rendering, checkmark 'Image
> size', Width=1024, Fixed Ratio=4:3
> and I see in the Height window a flu 768, which is fine, but when I
> punch 'Go!' nothing happens.
> [1st Q: Is this a bug and can it be fixed easily??]
We need to know more about your system configuration.
I have only launched PovRay on Linux, but I think that others have used it
on Windows.
> If I choose Width=768, [4:3, and 576] it works and I get a bmp or ppm
> picture, but it is taken with
> a 'perspective' camera (which is the default for POV-Ray).
> [2nd Q: Can 'set perspectiveDepth off' command be made transferrable?]
Good suggestion.
> If I open pov file in POV-Ray, (apart from resetting the width and
> height) I can change the default and
> put 'orthographic' as the first parameter in the statement
>
> camera{orthographic
> location < 0, 0, zoom>
> right < -Ratio , 0, 0>
> look_at < 0, 0, 0 >
> }
>
> but this time I get a picture of a full-page sphere (a single atom
> instead of hundreds of them).
I do not know povray commands very well ... and it has been a long time
since I worked on that code.
Perhaps someone else knows PovRay well enough to tell the developers how
to do this.
> [3rd Q: If Q2 is not possible to be solved, is there anybody in this
> list who is familiar with POV-Ray and
> can tell me what to do to obtain a nonperspective picure?]
>
If someone can tell you how to do it then this could easily be added to
the PovRay support in the Jmol application.
Miguel
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