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Re: Getting into Lego CAD (was Re: S/973p40a.dat ???)
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Mon, 5 Nov 2001 18:02:32 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Kevin Wilson writes:
Steve Bliss wrote in message ...
With LDLite, you can add lines to the main DAT files to control the colors.
To modify red, you'd add a line like:

0 COLOR 4 red 0 196 0 38 255 196 0 38 255

The '4' is because you're modifying color #4, the 'red' is a name for the
color (which you could use in place of the 4 in later commands, if you
desired), the '0' is the code for the edge-color you want to use (black),
the remaining codes specify the RGB-A values of the color, which are very
important, but beside the point for this discussion.

Put this line at the top of the file, modifying it for each color you want
to change.

Unfortunately, I don't think MLCAD will recognize this command. :(

Thanks for the tip Steve - but I think you're right, MLCad doesn't like mods
to color numbers under 60 IIRC. I will try this again to make sure though.

Larry P suggested there was a way to do it in the LDraw.ini file, but in my
LDraw.ini there are just lines for the basic colors which don't seem to
specify edge colors, like:
[Colors]
0=0,Black
1=8388608,Blue
2=32768,Green
3=8421376,Dk Cyan

Yeah, it looks like the default edge colors aren't documented anywhere.
Not even in the missing ldlite 1.6 documentation.  But if you jump to
the source code you'll find the supersecret inverse color entries in the
big ldlite color table.  See code snippet below.  The edge color is the
number immediately following the color name.

I believe in ldlite 2.3 you can stick the 0 COLOR meta-commands
in the ldliterc.dat file (which is also currently undocumented, but
you can search lugnet for "ldliterc" to find some snippets).

ZCOLOR_DEF_TABLE_ENTRY zcolor_table_default[ZCOLOR_TABLE_DEFAULT_SIZE] = {
  {"Black",             8,{0x22,0x22,0x22,0xff},{0x22,0x22,0x22,0xff}}, // 0
  {"Blue",              9,{0x00,0x33,0xb2,0xff},{0x00,0x33,0xb2,0xff}}, // 1
  {"Green",            10,{0x00,0x7f,0x33,0xff},{0x00,0x7f,0x33,0xff}}, // 2
  {"Dark-Cyan",        11,{0x00,0xaa,0xaa,0xff},{0x00,0xaa,0xaa,0xff}}, // 3
  {"Red",              12,{0xcc,0x00,0x00,0xff},{0xcc,0x00,0x00,0xff}}, // 4
  {"Magenta",          13,{0xff,0x33,0x99,0xff},{0xff,0x33,0x99,0xff}}, // 5
  {"Brown",             0,{0x66,0x33,0x00,0xff},{0x66,0x33,0x00,0xff}}, // 6
  {"Light-Gray",        8,{0xaa,0xaa,0xaa,0xff},{0xaa,0xaa,0xaa,0xff}}, // 7
  {"Dark-Gray",         0,{0x66,0x66,0x58,0xff},{0x66,0x66,0x58,0xff}}, // 8
  {"Light-Blue",        1,{0x00,0x80,0xff,0xff},{0x00,0x80,0xff,0xff}}, // 9
  {"Light-Green",       2,{0x33,0xff,0x66,0xff},{0x33,0xff,0x66,0xff}}, // 10
  {"Cyan",              3,{0x55,0xaa,0xff,0xff},{0x55,0xaa,0xff,0xff}}, // 11
  {"Light-Red",         4,{0xff,0x55,0x55,0xff},{0xff,0x55,0x55,0xff}}, // 12
  {"Pink",              5,{0xff,0xb0,0xcc,0xff},{0xff,0xb0,0xcc,0xff}}, // 13
  {"Yellow",            8,{0xff,0xe5,0x00,0xff},{0xff,0xe5,0x00,0xff}}, // 14
  {"White",             8,{0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff},{0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff}}, // 15
  {"Main-Color",        0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff}}, // 16
  {"Pastel-Green",      2,{0x66,0xf0,0x99,0xff},{0x66,0xf0,0x99,0xff}}, // 17
  {"Light-Yellow",     14,{0xff,0xff,0x80,0xff},{0xff,0xff,0x80,0xff}}, // 18
  {"Tan",               6,{0xcc,0xaa,0x66,0xff},{0xcc,0xaa,0x66,0xff}}, // 19
  {"Light-Purple",      8,{0xe0,0xcc,0xf0,0xff},{0xe0,0xcc,0xf0,0xff}}, // 20
  {"Glow-In-The-Dark",  0,{0xe0,0xff,0xb0,0xff},{0xe0,0xff,0xb0,0xff}}, // 21
  {"Purple",            8,{0x99,0x33,0x99,0xff},{0x99,0x33,0x99,0xff}}, // 22
  {"Purple-Blue",       8,{0x4c,0x00,0xcc,0xff},{0x4c,0x00,0xcc,0xff}}, // 23
  {"Edge-Color",        0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff}}, // 24
  {"Orange-Solid",      8,{0xff,0x66,0x00,0xff},{0xff,0x66,0x00,0xff}}, // 25
  {"Dark-Pink",         0,{0xff,0x33,0x99,0xff},{0xff,0x33,0x99,0xff}}, // 26
  {"Lime-Green",        0,{0xad,0xdd,0x50,0xff},{0xad,0xdd,0x50,0xff}}, // 27
  {"Tan-Solid",         0,{0xcc,0xaa,0x66,0xff},{0xcc,0xaa,0x66,0xff}}, // 28
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff}}, // 29
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff}}, // 30
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff}}, // 31
  {"Trans-Black",       8,{0x22,0x22,0x22,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 32
  {"Trans-Blue",        9,{0x00,0x00,0x99,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 33
  {"Trans-Green",      10,{0x00,0x50,0x18,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 34
  {"Trans-Dark_Cyan",  11,{0x00,0xaa,0xaa,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 35
  {"Trans-Red",        12,{0xcc,0x00,0x00,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 36
  {"Trans-Magenta",    13,{0xff,0x33,0x99,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 37
  {"Trans-Brown",       0,{0x66,0x33,0x00,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 38
  {"Trans-Light-Gray",  8,{0x99,0x99,0x99,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 39
  {"Trans-Dark-Gray",   0,{0x66,0x66,0x58,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 40
  {"Trans-Light-Blue",  1,{0x99,0xc0,0xf0,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 41
  {"Trans-Light-Green", 2,{0xcc,0xff,0x00,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 42
  {"Trans-Cyan",        3,{0x55,0xaa,0xff,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 43
  {"Trans-Light-Red",   4,{0xff,0x55,0x55,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 44
  {"Trans-Pink",        5,{0xff,0xb0,0xcc,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 45
  {"Trans-Yellow",      8,{0xf0,0xc4,0x00,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 46
  {"Trans-White",       8,{0xff,0xff,0xff,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 47
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 48
  {"unused",            2,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 49
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 50
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 51
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 52
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 53
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 54
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 55
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 56
  {"Trans-Orange",      8,{0xff,0x66,0x00,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 57
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 58
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 59
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 60
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 61
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}, // 62
  {"unused",            0,{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0xff},{0x7f,0x7f,0x7f,0x00}}  // 63
};



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Getting into Lego CAD (was Re: S/973p40a.dat ???)
 
(...) They are documented in the LDraw FAQ - and the very end of question 27 (URL) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: Getting into Lego CAD (was Re: S/973p40a.dat ???)
 
Don Heyse wrote in message ... (...) Don, thanks very much for your several tips! I'll try these out on the next set of instructions I work on. Kevin ---...--- Craftsman Lego Kits & Custom models: (URL) Lego parts store: (URL) Lego auctions: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad)

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  Re: Getting into Lego CAD (was Re: S/973p40a.dat ???)
 
Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) Thanks for the tip Steve - but I think you're right, MLCad doesn't like mods to color numbers under 60 IIRC. I will try this again to make sure though. Larry P suggested there was a way to do it in the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad)

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