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Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
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Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:53:17 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Anton Raves wrote:

   I’ve added a quick fix to my Converter at:

linkhttp://www.antonraves.com/converter.php

so that it no longer chokes on the excessive amount of space-characters, Bricksmith generated LDraw-files can now use the Converter too!

Thanks, Anton. I tried your converter the other day, and it gave me blank files, so I gave up on it and just downloaded L3D (which worked fine). But now I’ll give your converter another try too.

Incidentally, though, I don’t find POV-Ray renderings to be the best for instructions, as they’re too realistic. For instructions, I want something more diagrammatic, with clear lines delineating the blocks. Does anyone have any recommendations for such a renderer? (And Allen, would you consider building it right into BrickSmith?)

Best,
- Joe



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  Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
 
(...) Look into the MegaPOV enhancement, I think that adds edge lines. (that's about all I know, I render using LDLite with fat edge lines configured in when I am doing instructions. I THINK maybe LDGLite supports that too? not sure) Hope that (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
  Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
 
(...) Oh Joe, what a can of worms that is. You're absolutely right that POV-Ray is useless for instructions. It's very nice for the picture on the front of the box, but it doesn't outline edges. The good news is that there is a solution. The (...) (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
  Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
 
(...) Yes, LDGLite or LDView (both available for OS X). This renderers can produce very good rendering at high resolutions. -Orion (19 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)

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  Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
 
(...) Congratulations Allen on getting a 1.0 version out the door so quickly! I've added a quick fix to my Converter at: <link(URL) so that it no longer chokes on the excessive amount of space-characters, Bricksmith generated LDraw-files can now use (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)

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