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(...) Is there really a reason they should be dithered? The only reason they were dithered originally is because LDraw ran in 16 color mode, and that was the only way to support more colors, right? If so, then I would argue that if you can generate (...) (22 years ago, 10-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) True, it would definitely break my script. If I switched to ldglite, I might rework things to use the output file parameter, and just run one part per call. (...) Really? That's weird--it's recognized by LDraw (not sure about LEdit). Steve (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: * LDrawDesignPad LDDP 1.1 released *
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I'm working on a plugin that does Hoses. It my take me a little bit though as I'm still hashing out my DATLine Class hierarchy and I have to reeforce my knowledge of coding Forms. I've become the poster child for learning Delphi based on 7 year old (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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Yes its true, however don't too excited yet. For several months now I have been working on a new LDRAW renderer. I did this to over come some of the shortfalls in the renderer in LdGLite (Mac) that I converted earlier this year. In principle I was (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) I have heard reliable reports of recently opened MISB sets from 1973 and 1976 without and with grooves, respectively. I think that narrows down the time frame for the addition of the groove (to nongrille tiles). It would be good to narrow it (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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(...) Ouch, I just tried this in ldglite with the following command ldglite foo.ldr -s3 -w3 -MS -q and found not one, but 4 different bugs I have to fix. 1. I need to increase the calculated image extents by the half the linewidth to get all of the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You guessed it, or did you sneak a look at the code. ;) (...) That's interesting. I used a value of 15 for for the gold, and 50 for the silver. Apparently 15 produces a wide enough angle for my default view and light positions. I don't like (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Chrome Parts
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(...) At a guess by looking at the two images, the gold specular is set up to be shiny for a wider angle, which causes the studs to be shiny in the sample gold image. You'll note that the rest of the brick isn't really shiny at all from this (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New version of MLCad command spec
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(...) Put a version number and a publication date at the top of the spec along with a recommendation to visit your website for the most up to date version of the specification. You may even want to provide an email address and suggest people email (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Agreed ... the only thing I would like to make sure is that there are no out-dated versions hanging arround somewhere in the net. And I believe thats only possible if the spec can be downloaded from one single location. Do you think different about (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Try this. I switched the silver to use the same specular values as the gold. Makes it look shinier from that angle. (URL) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well I could work with the colors and specular values a bit. I think I used the same colors values as ldview, but picked my own specular values based on empirical testing. I think I used different specular values for silver, so it may look (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Note for onlookers: the key thing I get from Don's suggestion is that it reverses the "you may not distribute this spec" from Michael's document to "you can, and should, distribute this spec". Which, IMO, is a better approach. This information (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yes and it works the same way on ldglite. There's also a tutorial on how to do this with the tools on ldraw.org if you want cut out the Windows box. (URL)Let's see, right now, we've got defined codes (in the dithering range) (...) I'll have to (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Detemining Polygon Winding (Was: New Plugin for LDDesignPad)
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(...) Correcting the winding shouldn't be too bad -- if the L3 code is available (ie, look in the ldglite source code) -- check how Lars detects bad winding, and how he figured the (more) correct winding. Steve (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's a possibility. (...) Hmm... Gold: (2 URLs) gold looks interesting; not exactly "gold plated", but definitely distinctive. But the silver looks remarkably normal. Maybe you implemented shiny-silver as a different color code? Grepping the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The linewidth isn't important, I just use it in conjunction with the scale up/down to get anti-aliasing and lines with normal widths. (...) None of the standard/extended colors are *supposed* to be dithered. Only the non-standard colors (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Actually, my intent was that the color variation would simulate the variable appearance of highly reflective surfaces. (...) I sometimes often try to carefully choose my precise wordiage. (...) *Sigh*. OK, I'll stop holding my breath. ;) (...) (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi Michael, I think we're making progress here, but I'd like to take a stab at speeding things up. I'd like to suggest the zlib license as one that could perhaps make everyone happy. I cut and pasted it here, replacing the word "software" with (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: New Part in progress - Baseplate 32 x 32 with Craters
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(...) Huh, this is a real photogrammetry project with aerial pictures, orthophotos, digital elevation model, map processing etc. The next obvious step in the future is to apply GPS technology to capture the Lego landscape :-). Congratulations, Ampi (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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