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| | | (...) [snip] (...) Hi Joel, I think there is a way to get the numbers, but it is kind of barbaric (i.e. not through the GUI.). Have LPub not delete the POV files after image rendering. I thnk that this is in the Building Instructions -> (...) (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | Re: Question about LPub PLIs —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | | (...) Thanks, Kevin. I'll give it a shot when I get home from work tonight. -Joel (21 years ago, 6-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | Re: Question about LPub PLIs —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | (...) Ok, I've saved the first POV file that was generated. Here is the camera section of the code; I had specified a minimum distance of 75000: // Camera (Latitude,Longitude,Radius = 0,0,0) camera { #declare PCT = 0; // Percentage further away (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: Question about LPub PLIs —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | (...) I would have thought that the <0,2.55207,-51858.9> was the camera distance, but taking the square root of the squares of these numbers is less than 75000, so I would have expected it to be 75000. Are you using mega-pov? Someone reported that (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: Question about LPub PLIs —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | | (...) <snip> Yes, I'm using POV-Ray 3.1 with MegaPOV 0.7. -Joel P.S. Thanks for your very quick responses to my posts! (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Another question about LPub PLIs —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | <snip> Hello again, I've come up with something else that I thought I'd mention. I ran my file through LPub last night, with the minimum distance for the steps set at 100000 (which, by the way, seems to be about what I need to fix my scale (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | (...) What is it that you think is an issue here? At print resolution I think I use 800x600. At screen resolution I think I use 640x480. Are you seeing it switch back and forth while jus staying in screen resolution? (...) PLIST BEGIN/END pair (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | (...) I'm rendering at 2048x1536, so the size that the step images end up at when the minimum distance is 75000 is different to that of the parts images when they are rendered at 640x480 and a minimum distance of 75000. No, I am not seeing it switch (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | snip (...) snip I've done some more investigating since I wrote the above. It seems that the LPub meta statements don't have anything to do with the behavior I described. I've uploaded a (URL) sample .ldr file> and the (URL) LPub config file> that I (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | (...) In the 3rd step you are expecting the yellow 2x4 plates and the red 2x2 round plates to be greyed? But they are newly added in the step. To grey them you need to use BI GREYED. Kevin (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | (...) Hi Kevin, No, it's not quite what I meant. I'll try to use the images to describe the situation. Step 1: (URL) Two bricks are added. Shading as expected (none). Step 2: (URL) Plates are added. Shading still as expected (previous step only). (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | In lugnet.cad, Joel Hoornbeek wrote: snip (...) LPub bug. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for the info. I'll work on finding a way to display the steps without using Buffer Exchange. -Joel (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | | (...) But.... can't you use BI GRAYED (or GREYED) I'm not sure which. This is what it is for. Even MLCAD doesn't quite always do what you'd like. LPub should do whatever MLCAD does. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | | | (...) Unfortunatlely, I don't think it will work. I did a couple more tests tonight with the files I posted, but I couldn't get the original bricks (Step 1) to be shaded in Step 3. Using BI GREYED BEGIN/END around the plates, I can get (URL), but (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | | | In lugnet.cad, Joel Hoornbeek wrote: snip (...) LPub. (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Galen Kannarr
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| | | | | (...) Has there been any resolution to the above problem, or perhaps a workaround discovered? I'm encountering similar, but not identical, problems with a model. In my case, parts that should not be greyed out are. In later stages, the items which (...) (21 years ago, 11-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Kevin L. Clague
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| | | | (...) snip (...) Hi Joel, Sorry about the terseness of the original reply. I have found and fixed this bug. It will be available in the next release 2.3.0.0. LPub has to keep track of how many steps are associated with the parts in the buffer (...) (20 years ago, 4-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | | | | | Re: Another question about LPub PLIs —Joel Hoornbeek
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| | | | <snip> (...) Kevin, No problem. I've been reading some of your recent posts talking about fixes and feature additions you have been making, and I'm really looking forward to the next build! -Joel (20 years ago, 4-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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