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Re: DAT to GIF/JPG/EPS
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lugnet.cad
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Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:02:51 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney writes:
> "Thomas Keenan" <thomas@mets.com> wrote in message news:G7F305.Eto@lugnet.com...
> > Is there a utility out there for converting DAT files into GIF, JPG or EPS
> > files?
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> No. You need to render your DAT file with L3P/POV-Ray or view it in something
> like L3Lab or LDView and take a screenshot (unless they have image generating
> utilities). DAT files are not 2-D images, but 3-D models, so you can't generate
> a bitmap image directly from a DAT file itself. You have to do that to DAT file
> output.
I'm pretty sure ldlite 2.0 can render to an arbitrary size BMP image, but
then you have to convert it to get GIF or JPG. LDAO can be used to automate
the process if you want to do lots of this.
I toyed with EPS output in the latest version of the ldglite sources, but
the output files were ENORMOUS. Of course I was just dumping shaded triangles
so I suppose a more sophisticated translator would produce more efficient
EPS files.
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| "Thomas Keenan" <thomas@mets.com> wrote in message news:G7F305.Eto@lugnet.com... (...) No. You need to render your DAT file with L3P/POV-Ray or view it in something like L3Lab or LDView and take a screenshot (unless they have image generating (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad)
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