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Re: L3P Warnings
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lugnet.cad.ray
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Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:44:38 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ray, Timothy Gould wrote:
> The newer LDView releases also make POVray export very easy and you can add
> parts you've made yourself simply by editing a file. I have a number of custom
> POV parts that I include this way.
But does such an export include the POV-enhanced parts in proper matrix
alignment, or does the user have to figure out how to orient the part to match
the output file? If the latter, then it's equivalent to not supporting the
POV-Ray elements at all.
> A matching file is a much more efficient way of utilising both libraries. If
> someone improves a POVray object they can simply edit one line to include their
> updated version rather than having to edit the original .DAT file.
But doesn't that require X-number of different users each to generate their own
files? Or a least to incorporate those files manually? How is that more
efficient except insofar as it spares the front-end designer a little work?
It's like saying "you 500 customers can each remove the pepperoni from your
pizzas" rather than giving them the option of not getting pepperoni in the first
place.
I don't presume to speak for Tore, but I can't help noticing that the two
advocates in favor of maintaing direct POV-Ray compatibility are the same two
people who recently took issue with the hugely elaborate file-headings in
official LDraw parts. In both cases the underlying objection was that protocols
like these have the net effect of discouraging individual experimentation with
the format.
Clearly there are fundamental differences of opinion at play here. I accept
that the LSC has attained the power to make official decisions re: the
development of LDraw, but it's a mistake to dismiss or minimize dissenting
views.
I would have to say that although this may be a solution that works, it's not
the best solution, nor do I understand why it must be the only *accepted*
solution.
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| (...) I don't know. All I know is that I export a POV file and it works well. That's pretty much how I like my software to work. (...) They could upload the files they've made. In fact, I have done so before. (...) It's more like offering people the (...) (14 years ago, 1-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| --snip-- (...) LGEO was updated fairly recently (in the last two years anyway) so it's definitely being updated sometimes. The newer LDView releases also make POVray export very easy and you can add parts you've made yourself simply by editing a (...) (14 years ago, 1-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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