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Subject: 
Lego Space Craft Movies
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Date: 
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 15:12:48 GMT
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Hello all Lego CAD'ers,

I'm interested in creating movies (animated sequences) based on Lego space
ships.  My intent is to create CAD files of some of my ships and then import
those into Lightwave 5.5.  My first question; is this possible?  You must
somehow convert the Lego CAD (l-draw or LeoCAD) data file into a format that
POV-Ray can use.  Do you think that I could use this same conversion for use
wuth Lightwave?  I've only just begun to create the CAD files, (slow b/c of
slow computer and the complexity of the ships)  I will have a new computer in a
about a month that will make the CAD part faster and should enable me to do the
Lightwave work, albeit slowly.

My other big question is what is the software of choice for creating Lego CAD
files?

Thanks,
Pat J

Check out my models at:
http://members.tripod.com/~Pat_Justison/PLSCP.html



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  Re: Lego Space Craft Movies
 
(...) You've announced it -- now you must show it to us! Muah ha hah hah hah *ahem* Please continue. (...) I would probably recommend converting the DAT files into DXF (Autocad), which Lightwave will probably support. You can find a DAT2DXF (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: Lego Space Craft Movies
 
(...) a (...) the (...) You can export .obj or .3ds files from LeoCAD, Lightwave should be capable of reading at least one of those formats. Just remember that you might need to turn backface culling off. Leonardo (25 years ago, 23-Jul-99, to lugnet.cad)

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