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Re: Colors, LDconfig, etc...
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lugnet.cad
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Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:01:19 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Philippe Hurbain wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, John Brost wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad, Philippe Hurbain wrote:
> > > Is there some project to extend LDconfig.ldr to include some recent colors such
> > > as Light Stone Gray?
> > >
> > > Case in point: NXT parts are presently coded in color 383, which works fine with
> > > most CAD program but is - as intended - shown as chrome (shiny metal) in PovRay.
> > >
> > > Philo
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> > Philo,
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> > Check out this thread in lugnet.cad. I had the same problem a little while
> > back. David Perdue was kind enough to help me out.
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> > http://news.lugnet.com/cad/?n=14463
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> > You'll want to read the whole thread.
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> Thanks John, it is a good way to go round this issue. But I'd still like to get
> LDraw people ideas on this ;o)
Pretty much the thread John pointed out contains the answer. The unofficial
files are coded to use color 383, because that color works with all LDraw
programs (some better than others). So you have to update the unofficial parts
to use the newer stone gray codes.
Off the top of my head, I don't remember if dark/med/light stone gray is defined
in the current version of ldconfig.ldr. But an updated file is located at
http://www.ldraw.org/library/official/ldconfig.ldr
Steve
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| Hi Steve, (...) My bad - I didn't have the updated file here... All stone colors are defined. So I guess I should update NXT parts to color 151 (Light_Stone code). Problem is that color 151 is not natively recognized by MLCad (neither 71 MedStone or (...) (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Thanks John, it is a good way to go round this issue. But I'd still like to get LDraw people ideas on this ;o) Philo (17 years ago, 17-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)
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