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Re: LPub 2.1.0.3 released
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst
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Sun, 5 Jan 2003 15:55:19 GMT
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Hi Jake,
In lugnet.cad, Jake McKee writes:
> So to clarify, rather than use the ortho setting, you are choosing the
> camera angle setting and using a 1? Is that it, or are you doing additional
> stuff?
I'm merely setting the camera angle to 1 which eliminates perspective. I do
not set orthographic.
I modified LPub so the lowest camera angle is 1, and fixed the label that
indicates the actual camera angle so it is updated as the scroll bar thumb
is moved.
With the current released LPub, you can get close to 1 by moving the scroll
bar thumb all the way to the left edge of the container, and then moving it
one pixel to the right.
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> I was playing around last night and was noticing that the creations weren't
> always centered when POV rendered them. Typically, the upper left was cut off.
If the center of your design (for the current DAT being processed) is not at
the origin, this can happen. In your case the X component of the center of
the design is to the right or left of the origin.
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> I swear I remember a previous version seemed to center the creations to
> ensure the entire thing was displayed in the window.
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> Am I having faulty memories? Is there any way to automatically do this?
Yes. You are having faulty memories. Soon. Just yesterday I added a
mechanism to automatically center the model on the origin (this happens on a
model and sub-model basis, so your stuff is acutomatically centered.)
This lack of centering can cause change of scale if the center of your
design is off the origin along the Z-axis and your rotate about Y. I've
been burned by this before.
Originally I assumed that L3P would auto-center, but it does not.
I've added the auto-centering *after* the rotation due to rotation steps, to
make sure that the rotated design is centered.
I'll soon be releasing a new LPub, but first I want to whack on it with my
pneumatic adding machine design, as it seems to be finding interesting issues.
Kevin
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> Thanks!
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> Jake
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> PS: Again, great product. I am having ALOT of fun with it!
Thanks Jake,
Kevin
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> ===
> Jake McKee
> LEGO Enthusiast
> Webmaster - B.I. Portal
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: LPub 2.1.0.3 released
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| "Kevin Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H89087.MI1@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) issues. (...) [ ... snipped ... ] As long as you are in there working on things - can you add an option to specify a directory where (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
| | | Re: LPub 2.1.0.3 released
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| (...) L3P can perform automatic camera positioning only when you use -cg<la>,<lo>[,<r>] camera globe position, default is 30,45,0 and radius is <= 0. -ca<a> is allowed too. Otherwise you have constrained the camera too much. /Lars (21 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
| | | Re: LPub 2.1.0.3 released
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| (...) I always put the origin at the center of the first piece (or pieces if the first step has more than one). That means nothing I do will render properly in Lpub?? MLCAD doesn't have this problem - my models are always centered, no matter what. I (...) (21 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: LPub 2.1.0.3 released
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| So to clarify, rather than use the ortho setting, you are choosing the camera angle setting and using a 1? Is that it, or are you doing additional stuff? I was playing around last night and was noticing that the creations weren't always centered (...) (21 years ago, 5-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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