Hi Lothar, If you use "File… Export Scene” (instead of Save Image) or the “export” command, there is an option to save a file for POV-Ray without rendering: <http://www.rbvi.ucsf.edu/chimera/docs/UsersGuide/midas/export.html> I hope this helps, Elaine ---------- Elaine C. Meng, Ph.D. UCSF Computer Graphics Lab (Chimera team) and Babbitt Lab Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry University of California, San Francisco
On Dec 5, 2016, at 3:07 PM, esserlo@helix.nih.gov wrote:
Hi, currently, I am using chimera to make a figure for publication and render the result in povray. However the figure is a bit complex - with a gradient background just to mention one thing- so that I have to edit the .pov file. Is there a way to ask chimera to output the .pov file but not render it in povray right away (that would save time as I need to edit it first!).
Unfortunately in the "save image" menu, using povray, I did not find a checkbox that would enable chimera to write out .pov only. Thanks for any advice. Lothar