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Re: ldraw newbie
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lugnet.cad
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Sat, 5 Jun 2004 04:28:45 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> As far a portabiliy is concerned, I'm not sure if I can. The way windows are
> created across platform is fundimentally different. I would have to switch to a
> META command based system which could be imposing to the LDraw newbie. Any
> ideas on this?
Do you mean LDraw meta-commands? Or some command system called META?
Anyway, you could look at LDAO's set of meta-commands for modelling minifigs. At
least as a starting point. It's pretty straight-forward. LDAO's minifig modeller
generates files like this:
0 Minifig shortcut
0 Name: Untitled
0 Author: Generated by LDAO Minifig Editor
0 Unofficial Minifig
0 - The MINIFIG meta-commands are used to reload settings into LDAO's Minifig
0 - Modeler. Please do not modify.
0 MINIFIG HEAD 0 0 3626BP63.DAT
0 MINIFIG TORSO 0 0 973.DAT
0 MINIFIG HIPS 0 0 970.DAT
0 MINIFIG LEFTARM 0 0 976.DAT
0 MINIFIG LEFTHAND 14 0 977.DAT
0 MINIFIG LEFTLEG 0 0 972.DAT
0 MINIFIG RIGHTARM 0 0 975.DAT
0 MINIFIG RIGHTHAND 14 0 977.DAT
0 MINIFIG RIGHTLEG 0 0 971.DAT
0 Hips
1 0 0 -12 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 970.DAT
0 Torso
1 0 0 -44 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 973.DAT
0 Head
1 0 0 -68 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3626BP63.DAT
0 Left Arm
1 0 -.004 -36.008 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 976.DAT
0 Left Hand
1 14 23.007 -15.998 -15.5 0 0 1 -.707 .707 0 .707 .707 0 977.DAT
0 Right Arm
1 0 .004 -36.008 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 975.DAT
0 Right Hand
1 14 -23.007 -15.998 -15.5 0 0 1 -.707 .707 0 .707 .707 0 977.DAT
0 Left Leg
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 972.DAT
0 Right Leg
1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 971.DAT
0
The way it works is the 0 MINIFIG statements are simply definitions - basically, they
duplicate the information in the LDraw statements which follow. When an existing
minifig file is read, the LDAO minifig modeller only looks at the MINIFIG lines - the
rest of the file is ignored.
The 0 MINIFIG command has 4 parameters: type of part (HEAD, TORSO, etc), color,
rotation, and part file.
It needs more part-types (headwear, neckwear, etc) defined, and it would probably be
useful to have a MINIFIG END statement, to put *after* the generated LDraw code.
That way, minifigs could be put in model files, without having to be separate
(sub)files.
Steve
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| (...) The vast majority of my work is in Delphi (with a small smattering of C and VB for good measure) As far a portabiliy is concerned, I'm not sure if I can. The way windows are created across platform is fundimentally different. I would have to (...) (20 years ago, 4-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)
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