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Re: LDconfig.ldr - missing colors
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:43:19 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Geoffrey Hyde wrote:
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> > I don't know about the whole color thing but your post makes me think of an
> > interesting point. Just how exactly is LDRAW supposed to handle displaying
> > the Glitter Trans Clear color, and similar ones like it? I believe even
> > handling the Pearl color variations would be difficult, requiring a rewrite
> > of how LDRAW itself handles these colors, especially since it was never
> > intended to display complex color variations in the first place.
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> Take a look at the !COLOUR spec here:
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> http://www.ldraw.org/Article299.html
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> Pearlescent is covered, along with rubber, chrome, matte metallic, and metal.
> Glitter transparency isn't, and probably should be. Of course, just because
> official LDraw colors can be defined with these attributes doesn't mean that any
> programs actually display them. LDView pays attention to rubber and maybe
> chrome and metal. It ignores the other material definitions. (With chrome and
> metal, I know that when I'm not parsing ldconfig.ldr, I have special behavior
> for chrome silver, chrome gold, and metallic silver; I can't remember if I have
> special behavior when I see those tags, though.)
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> --Travis
POVray can, of course, do all these colours and is likely to be the most
frequent user of the colour definitions file. Some of us have fiddled around
with pearl before (http://news.lugnet.com/cad/ray/?n=2551).
Tim
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| (...) Take a look at the !COLOUR spec here: (URL) is covered, along with rubber, chrome, matte metallic, and metal. Glitter transparency isn't, and probably should be. Of course, just because official LDraw colors can be defined with these (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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