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Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:56:52 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Scott Wardlaw wrote:
> > It seems to me that you put for every pixel one quad.
> 
> Almost...I combine pixels of the same color that are on the same horizontal
> line.  So, if pixels 1 through 5 are the same color, they become a line that
> ocupies 1 through 5.
> 
> Most of my stickers have been about 1MB.
> 
> I wasn't aware of the other programs when I wrote mine.  I don't think that
> there is a good programmatic way to make official files.
> 
> I'll try to combine the vertical lines together, where possible, so that should
> reduce file size.
> 
> Look for another release tomorrow.
> 
> Thanks for all of the suggestions and ideas!
> Scott

Hi Scott,
  It will be better if you put adjacent horizontal pixels into a long quad
rather than a line.

  The renderer POV-Ray does not support the concept of lines, so they are tossed
when L3P converts you LDraw file to a POV file.

Kevin



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  Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
 
(...) Sorry, long quads is really what I meant by a line. So, that's exactly what the program does. I should have an update out later today or tomorrow that combines pixels vertically as well. Thanks, Scott (19 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: Sticker Generator for LDRAW / MLCAD
 
(...) Almost...I combine pixels of the same color that are on the same horizontal line. So, if pixels 1 through 5 are the same color, they become a line that ocupies 1 through 5. Most of my stickers have been about 1MB. I wasn't aware of the other (...) (19 years ago, 24-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad)

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