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(...) I have a friend that lives in Japan and speaks Japanese. I'll email him for help. -Orion (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) does it have to do with POV-Ray? 8^) May I ask what color palette you used, and how long it took to render? It's clear that I'll have to start working with perspective settings. Now that I've seen successful results, I won't be happy until (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I forgot to mention the radii, these are between 50 and 65 LDU. I first tried 11.25 degrees, this didn´t look round enough. Later I changed this to 3.75 degrees. Now I changed this back to 7.5 degrees, which looks good enough in L3Lab and (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I strongly agree with this and feel we really need to adhere to it. This case seems to be shading toward "they approved in advance" but still, it's a good policy to adhere to. I had thought that every avenue had been exhausted, and was willing (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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I am totaly amazed by your work and all the time and energy you must've put into it. Hope these get official soon! Thanks Niels! (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) No, the poles are glued to the baseplate. ROSCO (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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6-stud road baseplates with dark grey road pattern parts (URL) straight (part 44336, set 4110) (URL) curve (part 44342, set 4109) (URL) junction (part 44341, set 4108) (URL) don't have the 6-stud crossroads (set 4111), so haven't modelled it, but it (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) To expand on TWG's answer, LDraw.org doesn't coordinate with Peeron on unofficial part numbers. Once a file is officially released in LDraw, Peeron updates their database to use LDraw's number. There's a plan to have a coordinated numbering (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Yes, I'd say using torii when possible would be good. I don't think we need to start making fractional torus primitives to fill in gaps, but easy improvements are worth doing. To make really beautiful heads, you should model the parts directly (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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[Steve has a brilliant insight, and cross-posts to lugnet.loc.jp] (...) I tried to post a message on Gonta's board, but I don't think it worked (the translator wouldn't translate the posting-response page, it said there was too much text). I should (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.loc.jp)
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(...) Because our general approach has been that contributions to LDraw.org must be made voluntarily. We are not going to pull stuff in from people without their knowledge. However, would it help at all if we could get someone fluent in Japanese to (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) On the real parts, do the poles separate from the baseplates? If they do separate, then this is a good solution. If they don't separate, then this isn't such a good solution -- the 'complete' part file should be just like the part you'd pull (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Generally, I create curved surfaces by using the appropriate primitives. Once I've got the primitive sized to create the surface, I inline it and clip out anything that falls outside of the desired surface. So I'd use the primitive to (...) (21 years ago, 7-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) to see your example. If I can get it to work, great! Thanks, Dave! (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Orion, there's no need to apologize! I expressed an *opinion*, not everyone has the same opinion. Sorry if you read it as criticism of *you*. That was not my intention. The 'one style fits all' is perfect for MOTM, it levels the ground for all (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) MMLLT (My Mileage Looks Like This): (URL) { location 0.84*<-1500 ,-1500 ,-4000> sky -y right -4/3*x look_at <300, -150, 1300> angle 40 rotate <0,1e-5,0> // Prevent gap between adjecent quads focal_point <150,-50,-150> aperture 25 blur_samples (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'm mostly in the 5-45 range, probably depends on the model and intent of picture too. -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Non-orthographic perspective renderings never seem to work for me. They always look like flat, rendered with artifical perspective rather than rendered objects seen in perspective. But YMMV, of course! Dave! (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Hello Orion Well.. i think the renders turned out great and it shows each model in a neutral way. I know it is a lot of work to do these not to mention even the time you have to put in this. I still need the authors desire to show their model in the (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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The TrackDraw alpha candidate v6 is now available for download at (URL) . Features and bug fixes are detailed in the Yahoo! group messages. The Yahoo! group is now open for anyone to join; no moderation required. The TrackDraw sources are available (...) (21 years ago, 6-Apr-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town) !
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