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Re: Renderer Questions
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:51:54 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Peter F. Guenther wrote:

   The bigger issue is image quality.

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   Additionally, are there any ways to develop visual parts lists for steps without using LPub? I don’t like using raytraced images for instructions--too many distractions in shading etc. Also, in the raytraced images the doors aren’t drawn at the same angle as MLCAD or LDLite has it--I don’t know if this is an issue with the part libraries for the POV-RAY conversion or what. Any ideas?

This may not exactly be what you’re after, but the beauty of raytraced images is that they can be whatever you want them to be, and they are an order of magnitude better in quality than those produced by the other programs you mention. With the right settings you can create instructions that are pretty close to those produced by Lego®. Here’s one of my attempts. These images are straight out of LPub with no post processing

How would you like yours to look? Perhaps we can help.

Allister



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(...) Wow, I am surprised. That is the kind of thing I'm looking for... what kinds of settings do I need to change for that? Of course, the other downside of POV-RAY is the amount of rendering time it takes, but I can let my computer run for a (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad, FTX)

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I have constructed a small McDonald's as part of a small layout MichLUG is providing the Detroit area Festival of Trees as a raffle item. I've also done a version of the model in MLCAD with the goal of creating instructions. As usual, though, I've (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.cad)

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