Here you go. I haven't tired it but it sounds interesting for those who the old days would have made ASCII art in hand coded Z80 assembler.

Renderizer DAZ Studio Plugin
"Support for commercial Pixar Photorealistic Renderman (PRMAN) renderer (https://renderman.pixar.com) version 13.5 or higher.
Support for 3Delight renderer (http://www.3delight.com) version 7.0 or higher. The free 3Delight version is also supported.
Support for free Pixie renderer (http://www.renderpixie.com) version 2.2.3 or higher.
Other renderman compliant renderers can be added if compatible"

www.daz3d.com/i/3d-models/rendering/renderizer-daz-studio

I  imagine Pixar will be selling a lot more licenses now :-)

"his heart was in the right place, but his code is a nightmare..."

Art follows it's own path, even if it is an infinite loop. I'm old fashioned enough to say 'what were you thinking SM, making your UI a browser control hosted Flex/Flash app?' Yeah, it's cross-platform and kool kidz but really, browsers should be reserved for their true purpose - accessing pr0n.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken