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Got mine in the mail today, and I am going throught it slowly. All looks pretty
cool, and I keep finding things that I didn’t know existed. I also can’t weait
to try rendering things with POVray, et al. I wanted to do that for a long
time, but it all seemed so confusing.
Anyway, I had one question for ya Tim: What version of the parts library is on
the disk? I guess I assumed it has the same parts as the December 2002 release,
as that is the most recent. I also assumed that the software versions are
pretty close to the verisons given in the Jan 2003 LDRAW tools installer.
Anyway, if you can confirm that, it woyuld be great. Thanks!
-Alfred
In lugnet.announce, Tim Courtney wrote:
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Hey everyone!
Writing to let you know that the book Virtual LEGO (by yours truly, Steve
Bliss, and Ahui Herrera) has finally hit the shelves! It is now shipping from
Amazon.com and showing up in your local bookstore soon (if its not there
already).
Its also available immediately from the publisher, No Starch Press, at http://www.nostarch.com/vlego.htm.
This book is a lenghty tutorial on how to use the LDraw suite of tools to
create your own virtual LEGO models on your computer, render photo-realistic
scenes, and output your own custom building instructions! We’ve packed it
with reference material and practical insight to help you as you learn. The
CD-ROM comes with an installer that will configure the software automatically
for you - you don’t have to jump through hoops a la LDraw.org installation
pages to get started :-)
So far, its gotten great reviews from people who have commented to us on it
(Orion, Jake, Eric S...), so that makes us happy. :-) I hope the book is
informative and educational.
Enjoy!
-Tim
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| Hi Alfred - (...) Great! I hope the book helps you learn the POV techniques. Ahui penned those chapters, and I edited them. I learned most of what I know about POV from going through his work! He did a great job with it. (...) Ahui also handled the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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