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Hello all you CAD’ers and animators,
As some of you know I’m working on a fairly large animation project, now being
redone from scratch with MLCAD, L3P and PoV-Ray (and the DigitalBricks
radiosity!). Well, as I completed creating 185 frames in MLCAD today and
realizing that it took me the better part of the day to do so, I wasn’t about to
sit around and run 185 frames through L3P one by one. Fortunately they all have
the same command-line settings.
So, I decided that what I really need is a batch processor. So I made one.
Thinking that perhaps there are other frame-by-frame digital animators out there
like me, I thought I’d share it.
L3P Batch Processor
I hope Lars doesn’t mind my using the name of his program! Due credit was given!
A simple .bat file, all you need to do to run it is (please note that you must
have L3P installed and in your Path:
- Place the file in the same directory as all your LDR or DAT files (they should all begin with the same name, though they need not be numbered sequentially).
- Open up a DOS Prompt (on W98/95) or a Command Prompt (W2K/XP/NT). Navigate to the same directory you placed the batch file.
- Type (minus the quotes): ‘L3PBatch commonfilename’
- Watch it go! :)
If all goes well it should start generating POV files all over the place. ;) If
you want to add extra command-line L3P options, it’s simple. Just right-click on
L3PBatch.bat and select “edit,” then add your commands on Line 6 right after the
%%n part.
I hope some of you find this useful. It’s going to save me a ton of work over
the next few weeks.
-Mike
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| Good news: there is now a Windows GUI. No more command-line! All you have to do is point and click, and if necessary fill in a few blanks. The program is pretty self-intuitive. If you find any problems (unlikely but possible) let me know. (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 26-Feb-04, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.animation, FTX)
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