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Re: Previous step color scaling
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lugnet.cad
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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?
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> 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.
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> --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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| (...) 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 (17 years ago, 16-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Previous step color scaling
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| (...) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.cad)
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