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Re: FAQqage: How to get zero perspective from L3P?
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.faq
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Tue, 28 Sep 1999 16:06:00 GMT
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jsproat@io.%spamless%com
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"Fredrik Glöckner" wrote:
> Sproaticus <jsproat@io.com> writes:
> > I think that's the right question. I'm trying to get L3P to give me zero
> > skewing from perspective; I want an isometric view such as what LDraw gives
> > me. I'm taking the approach that to do this in photography, you should get
> > real far back and zoom in.
> This is very simple to achieve. You simply insert the "orthographic"
> statement inside the "camera" declaration. This will generate an image
> with the same perspective as LDLITE does, i.e., no perspective at all.
> Of course, you'll need to alter the camera placement and orientation to
> get the view you'll want. I dunno if you'll still need to have an
> "angle 67" statement, say, but it's just a matter of trying.
Argh! It's so simple! ;-)
I swear, I'd get over these hurdles more easiliy if there was a recent book
for POV-Ray... It would probably help if I read the whole doc, too, but
it's like reading a dictionary (I usually get stuck around "G"). :-P
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
"I've spent the past few years building up an immunity to bullets."
- Angus McGuire
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 | | Re: FAQqage: How to get zero perspective from L3P?
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| (...) actually, L3P already puts the orthographic setting inside the camera definition, it just has it REM'd out (//)... go to the end of the .POV file and you should see the camera definition (not quite at the end, but just before the light (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: FAQqage: How to get zero perspective from L3P?
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| (...) This is very simple to achieve. You simply insert the "orthographic" statement inside the "camera" declaration. This will generate an image with the same perspective as LDLITE does, i.e., no perspective at all. Of course, you'll need to alter (...) (25 years ago, 28-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.faq)
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