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(...) Easy answer is Povray. Why? The .pov files are just a scene definition, you actually have to render them with povray (or other raytracer) to be able to see the images. When you render the scene, you can then save it as a bitmap graphic. Martin (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Part numbers
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(...) Thanks for reposting this, Chris. I've stuck in some comments below. (...) OK, I *totally* don't remember that. Bizarre (both my memory and the parts with two numbers). 30337.dat was just released in update 2002-01. (...) (don't remember (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Hmmm, what technique did you use to do the scaling? 0 SCALE meta-commands, or scale and then inline. I used the inliner approach. Here's how it goes in ldglite using the familiar LEDIT style commands (with the scale and inliner extensions). (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hello. Question to pose. I have looked through out this groups messages as well as the ldraw website and POV website, but haven't found the answer to my question. So here goes. Is there a converter tool out there to take a .pov file and make it into (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Don, I tried what you suggested and it worked in L3Lab and LDView, but MLCad doesn't seem to recognize the scaling of the primitives in the part file. --Ryan (...) (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I need help!
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(...) There are a few utilities, here are a couple of them: John VanZweiten's Hoser: (URL) Fredrik Glöckner's LDraw-mode: (URL) (wow! nice example on the web page) Steve (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: FAQ for Part Reviewers (was: Re: BFC and Primitives)
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(...) I think so, too. (...) If it's alright with Damien, I will add it. (...) I just put one together earlier today. (URL). Steve (23 years ago, 21-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: FAQ for Part Reviewers (was: Re: BFC and Primitives)
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(...) [snip] This is great info/advice! Can this be included in a "reviewer FAQ"? (Is there one already?) (...) Yes, yes! Please remember that, even after a part has been certified & included in the official parts library *it can still be (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Ignoring the new parts which will be added in the meantime 8?) ROSCO (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Good statistics, just one note... (...) You should really comb through the lists, and count how many files we've released multiple times in the last 4 updates. We wouldn't want to count duplicates in the averages... Steve (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Here's the current numbers from the Parts Tracker..... From the "Parts List" page: Parts (443 files) Subparts (114 files) Primitives (42 files) 48-Segment Primitives (20 files) (Total: 619) From the "Certification List" page: 20 certified files. 48 (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: FAQ for Part Reviewers (was: Re: BFC and Primitives)
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(...) My hints to new and more part reviewers Because it is claimed that reviewers are highly qualified people, some potential volunteers may be intimidated. I was also at first. I am not a part author and even less a highly qualified people (in (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I forgot to mention... 1. The green is the intended starting point, and the red is the intended ending point. 2. The tubing is 4 LDraw units in diameter. Thanks, Franklin (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi! I need some help writing the DAT code for a curving tube. Here's the DAT code to show the placement (the start point, and midpoints, and the end point). I remember that someone (I don't recall exactly who) has some kind of utility that does this (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I took the current information available from the Parts Tracker, and the recent discussions in this group, and put together a quick FAQ page about reviewing parts. Please let me know what you think! I will be happy to receive any and all Edits, (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I forgot complication #3: 3. If the file you are reviewing has an embedded transparent area, you won't be able to check the BFC'ness of any surface viewed *through* the transparent area. You can fall back on viewing the part with mytest6 (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I found this email exchange between Joshua Delahunty, you and I on L-CAD from 1998 in my archive <QUOTE> Steve said: (...) Hmm. I could've sworn I've written e-mail to you, Steve, on this specifically. From my database, I have a part number of (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I'd heard about that, but I'd forgotten the second number existed! (...) Yes, there are other parts with multiple numbers, for various reasons. In the most recent parts update, we released 4 "cross-reference" part files. This was our first (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: New Part: x744.dat - Technic Gear 42 Tooth
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(...) One of the main limitations (bugs?) in L3Lab is that it assumes the main file is BFC'able, whether it's marked that way or not. I think that comes from the assumption that the main file will generally be a model, and models are generally (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | In Progress: 30621.dat - Brick 12 x 2 with lots of stuff [DAT]
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Here's a part from the very popular ;o) Jack Stone set #4604. I will not have that much time to work on it in the near future. Anybody is free to finish it. Four more thing yet to do: * The studs under the six horizontal tubes * The curved slopes on (...) (23 years ago, 20-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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