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Re: New colours in Ldraw?
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lugnet.cad
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Sun, 10 Oct 2004 22:28:09 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, William Howard wrote:
> > In this case, the current color seems reasonable for the short term
> > (dark gray dithered with dark gray)
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> Ah, but according to the Colour Chart
> (http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=
> 93) "LDraw can render mixes of the basic 16 colors. This is commonly
> called 'dithering'. You can use dithered colors for any part reference,
> but part authors cannot use them to color polygons or lines. Just
> typeline 1 commands."
That doesn't mean dithered colours cannot be used in a part, just that any area
that requires such should be devolved into a subpart. There are plenty of
examples of this technique in the official library - e.g. 973p39.dat
Chris
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| (...) Ah, but according to the Colour Chart ((URL) "LDraw can render mixes of the basic 16 colors. This is commonly called 'dithering'. You can use dithered colors for any part reference, but part authors cannot use them to color polygons or lines. (...) (20 years ago, 10-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)
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