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Re: 9V Train track DAT files?
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lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains
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Wed, 13 Jun 2001 03:24:35 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Christopher Masi writes:
> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.cad, Christopher Masi writes:
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> > > I found an unofficial straight track model. The weird thing was that it had
> > > yellow conductor rails. I changed the color to light gray, and they look good.
> > > (Other than the yellow rails, I think that they are excellent models.)
> >
> > I believe they are yellow because in older LEGO instructions and flyers, the
> > electric contacts on things like plates and wires are shown in yellow. So
> > the other electrical parts modeled in LDraw also use yellow. But IIRC it is
> > a special yellow that is not color 4 (or 14, I forget)...
> >
> > If you changed it to gray in your version, great, but I would hate to see it
> > changed to grey in the official part if and when it is released. Instead it
> > ought to be some special color that means metal (the same way that there is
> > a special color that means "chrome plated")
> >
> > IMHO.
> >
> > ++Lar
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> Lar,
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> I totally agree with you. Light gray for the conducting rails is not right,
> and it should not be made the official color. I was thinking about changing the
> metal rails to the color of the conducting wheels. However, I can think of two
> reasons not to change the rails to shiny chrome. (1) It would require figuring
> out what shiny is (not that hard I guess). (2) Shiny isn't quite right for the
> rails anyway; in reality, the rails aren't as shiny as the wheels, are they?
> Anyway, the light gray color was just because I didn't want to look at the
> yellow. Has anyone tried to render the yellow rails? Do they come out yellow? I
> didn't think to try that before changing the color.
In lugnet.trains, Christopher Masi writes:
> ....where did you get
> your train tracks? Did you modify the color of the rails? Did they come shiny?
> What is the color code for the shiny rails?
The color appears yellow in MLCad. Used L3P to convert to the POV-Ray
format. When rendered in POV-Ray, the yellow "turns into" the shiny metal
you see in the images of my APT at The BrickShelf.
I don't know what the shiny color number is, exactly. For other chrome
bits, I've used color #383 in the color dialog box in MLCad that pops up
when you click on the "more" button in the color block tool bar.
Does this help?
> Also, I would never distribute ".dat" files of models that include unofficial
> parts. I think distributing models with unofficial parts detracts for the whole
> LDRAW feel. What I mean is that an uninitiated user should be able to open a
> ".dat" file of a model and see the complete model without having to install
> extra unofficial stuff.
Oh, that's a great point. I will try to refrain from violating this in
future posts. I think the only unofficial part I've used to date is the 9v
straight track section. Looks good for the renders, but I hadn't thought of
the frustration someone else might have if that part isn't in their .dat
library.
Thanks for pointing this out.
later,
James Mathis
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| Let me just first clear up a slight misconception... I wasn't trying to say that either Chris OR James were doing anything wrong with theier use of unofficial track models or anything like that. I agree with Chris that the "wheel shiny" color is (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9V Train track DAT files?
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| (...) Lar, I totally agree with you. Light gray for the conducting rails is not right, and it should not be made the official color. I was thinking about changing the metal rails to the color of the conducting wheels. However, I can think of two (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.trains)
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