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(...) Since LPub is not a renderer, it in fact does deal with models. Buffer exchange in LPub saves/restores the model up to the buffer exchange, not the images from steps. (...) This gets tricky...... I don't know how you can create a new group (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Surely just using the same coordinates will do this (may be tricky with globe coordinates getting the distance right) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi, Is there a way with L3P or directly in POV-ray to render different scenes (w/ models of different size) at the same scale (ie 1 LU always equals the same number of pixels ; the camera being of course isometric) ? Thanks, David (20 years ago, 13-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) wow, those are beautifull. and exquisitly rendered too, especially the shiny mirrors. I love the bathroom. Beedrooms not my stile though, wheres the computer! -mark (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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(...) Hi Michael, Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I use buffer exchange *alot*, and it works well for some cases, but not others. In the 8455 model, you start putting a hose in step 8, but you don't have enough of the model to hook up the other end of (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Yeah, in his first post Kevin said you could use Buffer Exchange and Ghost to acheive the effect, but it's not easy. This might be because those commands work on a series of images, but he's more comfortable thinking in terms of manipulating (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:ID5A6J.190M@lugnet.com... (...) they can (...) very hard (...) previous (...) For that I've introduced the BUFFER EXCHANGE command, see developer specification on my web-page (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: The Minifig Macro - walk that minifig
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(...) Anton's Library is similar to LDraw, but made for POV-Ray only. The main differences: - Anton's parts are objects with "insides" rather than polygons (LDraw is exclusively polygons--and because of broke BFC winding, "inside" is wrong on about (...) (20 years ago, 11-Mar-05, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Sorry, I didn't have time to make/update the applicable pages but I thought it would be best if I least started the poll since it was so late in the month. I should have this rectified by the weekend. -Orion (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I noticed that too. I wanted to go back and examine the pics for the small model. Can't remember what it was now, but there was something odd about the way the studs rendered. There was either a lot of z-bleeding, or else it just ripped (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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So, I went and voted for next month, and then wanted to look at some again, so I went to the Contests page here: (URL) Unfortunately, it appears that that page is out of date. The archive of past winners doesn't have any 2005 entries, and the (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) If this could be realised, were really there! I'd love to see this feature. Jaco (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Michael, Is this something you would be interested in adding to MLCad? I could add it as an LPUB meta-command, but it would be best if it were an MLCAD meta-command that LPub supports. Kevin (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Congratulations to the winners of the January Model/Scene of the month contests: (URL) MOTM, Martian Surface Rover, Tom Beattie> (URL) SOTM, Showroom, Allister McLaren> The voting for the March Model of the Month and Scene of the Month contests is (...) (20 years ago, 10-Mar-05, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Re: If I were a minifig...... ( bed & bath )
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Very very nice models. (...) Not hard. I wrote these instructions a few years ago. They are really bad instructions (I know alot more about POV-Ray now...) (URL) you *really* want to do it, I could help. Some of my QTVR's (very old) (URL) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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(...) Yes. I realized after I wrote the above that MLCad GROUPS are a good way of naming, since they already exist. Even simply being able to remove all parts in a group from the model would be sufficient. Then you could add a new part or parts to (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I suppose you could use the mlcad GROUP meta-command to name your parts. Then perhaps you could invent a SUBSTITUTE meta-command to substitute one group for another? I don't know, it could work. Enjoy, Don (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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Very nice! But I dunno - you might need longer ceiling fan blades to circulate the air in that large of a room. :-) I'd love to be able to see this kind of thing in a Quicktime VR file. Wonder how hard that is... James Wilson Dallas, TX (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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(...) ... (...) Wow, that's....cool. I love those. Don't be surprised if they show up in some house I build or something. ;-) (Nah, I'd never rip off someone else's work. I might borrow with permission, but I'd never rip off. That's just not nice.) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, FTX)
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Whenver I build a LEGO model, I always pay attention to things that they can do that we cannot, or we cannot do easily. One of the things that is very hard to do is, change the shape, orientation or location of a part added in previous steps. In (...) (20 years ago, 9-Mar-05, to lugnet.cad)
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