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Re: LEGO part files for POV-ray
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:03:59 GMT
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> On Windows NT, the environment is loaded from the registry, instead of a • batch
> file. To set your environment, either right-click on My Computer and go to
> "Properties", or go to the System applet in the Control Panel. From here, • go
> to the "Environment" tab. You'll probably want to set LDRAWDIR in the user
> environment, not the system enviroment. After setting your environment
> variable, you will see it in new processes (if you had a command-line • prompt
> open previously, it won't show up there.)
Thanks! Now I know how to define envariables and when I looked on the proper
tab, the right path was already there (so somehow running batch files does
still set the variable, but at least now I can check to make sure that the
path variable is set right). Unfortunately the problem remains, part files
can't be found, while they *are* there.
I'll have a harder look on it later today.
Eric
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 | | Re: LEGO part files for POV-ray
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| Well, I had a closer look and after some fiddling and trial & error, I found out what caused the problem: the path of the LDRAW dir wasn't fully 8.3 format. It had one longer dir name somewhere in there. When I noticed this I recalled something (...) (28 years ago, 3-Dec-98, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEGO part files for POV-ray
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| (...) On Windows NT, the environment is loaded from the registry, instead of a batch file. To set your environment, either right-click on My Computer and go to "Properties", or go to the System applet in the Control Panel. From here, go to the (...) (28 years ago, 2-Dec-98, to lugnet.cad)
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