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(...) <snip> 15. Allow PLI and callouts placed to the left of the CSI to share the column width in step-groups and callouts. For example: (URL) (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) When do you think 1.1 is available????? I am waiting for film export!!! Ok, I think your problem can't be solved because the surfaces meet exactly the same plane. So the renderer has to decide which color to take. As both are exactly the same (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) so I replaced it by trans white in the animation I was working on (The "Experiment" sample of LD4DStudio.). I'm now using: //----Texture for LDraw color 47 "clear" #declare color47 = texture { pigment { rgbft <1.0000, 1.0000, 1.0000, 0.9000, (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) <snip> (...) 14. In classic buffer exchange store, add parts, step, buffer exchange load, you no longer need to GHOST the parts added between the store and step. LPub applies buffer exchanges to the LDraw files before being handed to the (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Oh, LPub also figures out the bounding box for things placed relative to step-groups and centers them. I also fixed problems with PLIs for step groups that do not have PLI per step. Kevin (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) One of the new features is affecting your swan. When you place callouts, PLIs, etc, relative to the CSI, LPub figures out the bounding box of the collection, and then automatically centers the bounding box on the page. You did this manually, (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Kevin, Thanks for sharing this anyway :-) I like the new features you added (add pages, cover, images). Do you have a list of new features or changes? FYI: I've noticed there are some differences in rendering. See: (2 URLs) (15 years ago, 12-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thanks for a great documentation job! Just a quick question. I've had a look at the lsynth.mpd file that comes with the new installer and the one that's in the tutorial and except for a few differences in spacing and capitals I don't see any (...) (15 years ago, 13-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Try dropping the 'ambient' part. This is how my transparent 'christmas lights' are defined: #declare Color46_t = texture { pigment { rgbf <1,0.905882,0.211765,0.85> } finish { ambient 0.0 diffuse 1.0 phong 0.5 phong_size 40 reflection 0.6 (...) (15 years ago, 12-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Thanks Franklin, but right now, due to job constraints, I don't feel I could give this position my full effort. I regretfully decline. -Orion P.S. Maybe next year. (15 years ago, 12-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I'm using 3.7 beta at the moment, because it renders considerably faster on my quad core. But the result is the same in 3.6. Thanks for that link, It makes the T parameter a bit more clear. I see now the trick is to use ONLY the T parameter (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Background is black by default, I got the habit of using rgbft from (URL) and think it does look a bit nicer than rgbf, but it turns out I did not completely understood the meaning of it (see my answer to mike). As for ior, it's only added if (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) For which version of POV-Ray you are generating the code? I have just made some tests with 3.6 for windows with your values, and I can not see any faults. Maybe this page give a clue to you (URL) (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) For reasons that I don't understand, the apparent transparency of things in the final POV output is greatly influenced by the background color. Set the background color to black, and things look substantially more transparent than when it's (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) That did the trick! And with version 4.0.0.2 Thanks! Jetro (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I hadn't. I have now tried "Clear assembly image cache" and there is no change. I'm having problems installing LPub 4.0.0.1 Jetro (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I have tried to install LPub 4.0.0.1 several times now (redownloaded after cleaning the browser cache to make sure the file wasn't corrupted and tried after completely uninstalling any previous version of LPub) but every time I try to start (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) Heh, I just realized I've been using the latest LDView myself to auto- magically fetch unofficial parts for my lsynth testing. So, I took a quick peek at the help file and according to it you may want to try the IgnorePBuffer command line (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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Hello all, I'm the developer of LD4DStudio ((URL) and I'm in the midsts of rounding up the 1.1 version which supports POV-Ray export. But the thing is I'm not too happy about my transparent color setup. At the moment I'm using the following (this is (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) The partly colored parts indicate LDView is having troubles, not LPub. (...) LPub's communication of what to render is done through LDraw files in the <yourmodeldirectory>/LPub/tmp directory. Those files should simply be the parts (up to a (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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