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All, Does anyone know if there is a way (and if so, how) to create a series of .pov files based on the individual steps of a single .dat or .mpd file? I would like to create instructions that are rendered instead of the standard wireframe output, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Steps and individual .pov files?
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Jake, I used one POV file for most of the images at (URL) In the POV file, I just commented out the steps/pieces that I did not want to render. You could probably use the POV clock vaiable (used when creating animations) and some #if...#else...#end (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Good point. Pretty simple. (...) Um...ok. Sounds like a good idea...but never really done anything like that. I will see if I can get it to work. (...) You know, I never even thought about that. I'm sure that they would be a little harder. So (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Yes, in fact it is very easy with L3P! Go to the L3P homepage at: (URL) search downward for the text: "-sc StepClock, add "#if (clock > n)" at steps" Using this command line option, there will be generated checks at each STEP in the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Steps and individual .pov files?
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(...) I realize after posting this article that I didn't answer your question quite exactly. The method I proposed does not create a series of .pov files like you asked for. Rather, it creates a single .pov file, from which you can easily create a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.cad)
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