qtpov

Configure POV-Ray

December 12, 2017

The first time you start qtpov, you must configure how to communicate with povrayws (The WebSockets edition of POV‑Ray).
If povrayws[.exe] lives in the same directory as qtpov, it will use that by default.

This can either be:

qtpov launches povrayws and connects to it.
You launch povrayws and qtpov connects to it. This is useful for say, running povrayws in a debugger.

Executable is the most important setting here.

To have qtpov launch povrayws, specify the location of the povrayws file. This is probably in the same directory as qtpov.

To use a running povrayws, specify the websocket url: ws://localhost:4401 . This is useful for running povrayws under a debugger, or as a service. (This is my preferred config.)

When qtpov has successfully connected to povrayws, the banner widget will display the povrayws version data and the render button on the main toolbar will become available.

Includes Tells qtpov the directory that contains your POV-Ray include files.

Note, this directory is also passed to POV-Ray in the Library Path.

Insert Menu defines the location of the data for the Insert Menu.