Running the application

  • What is db.lif file and where is it located?
    It is file created automatically by the LDD and contains the definition of the bricks. It is located in the user profile directory. LDD to POV-Ray™ Converter automatically offers proper path to this file.
  • What should be specified as the "Output path for includes"?
    It can be any path that in the system. Include files can have up to 1GB, so it is good to select disk with enough free space. LDD to POV-Ray™ Converter will need to create files there, so user needs to have write access to this folder. It is not recommended to specify some system specific folders like Windows, Program Files etc. since operating system will prevent writing files there. It is also not recommended to store include files into same directory as converted models, since POV-Ray will not be able to read the include files properly.
  • Why the application must be running when rendering using POV-Ray?
    It grants POV-Ray access to binary include files.
  • Why the POV-Ray sometimes reports that some .bin file is not accessible?
    Application is either not running of system is too busy to respond in within POV-Ray's internal timeout.
  • Why the conversion fails when LDD is running?
    LDD opens the brick geometry data file in exclusive mode. LDD to POV-Ray Converter cannot access it and conversion fails.
  • Why POV-Ray™ reports "Parse Error: Cannot find file 'ldd_main.bin', even after trying to append file type extension."
    This error appears when the Library_Path in POVRAY.ini does not contain \\.\LDDIncludes, LDD to POV-Ray Converter is not running or POV-Ray is 64bit and LDD to POV-Ray Converter is 32bit.
  • Why POV-Ray™ reports "Parse Error: Cannot open include file ldd_default_colors.inc', even after trying to append file type extension."
    This error appears when the Library_Path in POVRAY.ini does not contain \\.\LDDIncludes, LDD to POV-Ray Converter is not running or POV-Ray is 64bit and LDD to POV-Ray Converter is 32bit.
  • Why POV-Ray™ reports "Parse Error: Cannot find file 'ldd_colors_declarations.bin', even after trying to append file type
    extension."
    This error appears when the Library_Path in POVRAY.ini does not contain \\.\LDDIncludes, LDD to POV-Ray Converter is not running or POV-Ray is 64bit and LDD to POV-Ray Converter is 32bit.
  • Why POV-Ray™ reports "Parse Error: Illegal character in input file, value is ffffff80."
    This means, that the Library Path in POV-Ray™ is wrong. It has to point to \\.\LDDIncludes and not to real folder on your disk. This error appears also when the converted POV file is stored in the same folder as the generated include files. It has to be stored in a different folder.