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Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
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Date: 
Sat, 5 Dec 2009 22:53:10 GMT
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On 2009-12-05, Kevin L. Clague <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>  In the case of L3P and POV-Ray, there was the ability for look at coordinates so
>  that you could control what is the center of the viewed image.
> 
>  If such a mechanism were to exist in LDView and LDGLite, LPub could support
>  that.  This combined with the renderers cropping the image to a known size,
>  would meet your needs.
> 
>  I certainly understand the need.  Imagine trying to do building instructions for
>  25 foot buildings.  Adam Tucker asked me about this issue years ago at the event
>  that became Brickworld.

Hm...  wouldn't it be relatively easy to implement (yet effective) just to
have the possibility to define the crop window for a certain assembly step?
That would then work independently on the renderer.  And if the coordinates
were given in % instead of pixels or so, it would be even possible to change
resolution without getting different results.


Cheers,
Matija



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  Re: LPub 4 Callouts (and other questions)
 
(...) In the case of L3P and POV-Ray, there was the ability for look at coordinates so that you could control what is the center of the viewed image. If such a mechanism were to exist in LDView and LDGLite, LPub could support that. This combined (...) (17 years ago, 5-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)

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