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Re: Previous step color scaling
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:36:34 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Jaco van der Molen wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I am looking for a way to render fast top view images and thus creating images
> > like the original LEGO instructions they use in the Statue of Liberty.
> > 
> > To do top view rendering was answered in another question I asked.
> > 
> > Would it be possible to use previous step color scaling using LDView or LDGLite
> > as renderer in LPub?
> 
> I can't be sure, but it appears that LPub modifies the POV files that come out
> of L3P in order to get that effect, instead of modifying the LDraw files it
> sends to L3P/LDView/LDGLite.  So until this is changed in LPub, it doesn't
> appear that there is any way to get that to work.  Note that even if
> LDView/LDGLite supported this functionality (LDView definitely doesn't; not sure
> about LDGLite), it wouldn't help, since LPub creates the LDraw files that it
> sends to the programs, and it doesn't include step information in those files.
> 
> --Travis

Travis,

  You are correct.  LPub does this as a POV post-process.

  LPub could instead, do this in the step-dats with hexidecimal coloring, but
I've not gotten that done (yet?)

Kevin



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  Re: Previous step color scaling
 
(...) Yeah, that's a workable strategy. It's what I did here: (URL) assume LPub makes it easier for the user by coming up with the scaled colors automatically. Jim (19 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: Previous step color scaling
 
(...) I can't be sure, but it appears that LPub modifies the POV files that come out of L3P in order to get that effect, instead of modifying the LDraw files it sends to L3P/LDView/LDGLite. So until this is changed in LPub, it doesn't appear that (...) (19 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)

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