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Subject: 
Challenge/Request for the CAD gurus
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Fri, 9 Nov 2001 04:11:53 GMT
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For whatever reason, I have started to really get interested in the
wonderful things that can be done with LDraw, MLCad and POVRay. Some of the
movies, animations, images and scenes that I have seen come out of the POV
Ray program are just amazing! I want to do those things myself!

Alas, the POVRay code is a little, well, confusing for a programming novice
such as myself. And the POVRay documentation is written, um, for the
non-novices.

I would like to send out a challenge/request to all the people who know the
LEGO rendering arena quite well to create a series of documents, articles
and how-to instructions for novices like me to create high quality renders.
Wouldn't it be great to see a LEGO Rendering for Dummies? Topics like:

- Getting started with LEGO Rendering
- How to understand where the camera is, and how to position like you want
- Make it move: How to animated your renderings
- Adding pictures as part of the render
- Understanding how POVRay works in relation to LEGO Rendering
- and so on...

I'll even bet the LDraw.org leaders would even like to post this instruction
in a part of their site. (Guys, I am correct in this assumption?)

I know that I would be eternally grateful to share in the CAD wisdom you
gurus possess! (Any other "me toos"?)

Thanks!
Jake

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Jake McKee
AFOL
LUGNET Member #211



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Challenge/Request for the CAD gurus
 
In lugnet.cad, Jake McKee writes: <snip> (Any other "me toos"?) Yup:-) -John (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: Challenge/Request for the CAD gurus
 
"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:GMIMBt.Dqv@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) novice (...) the (...) renders. (...) Great idea Jake! I'm a programming novice too and believe it or not (gasp) just getting into the POV thing. I (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: Challenge/Request for the CAD gurus
 
1. it's hard, 2. it's a pain in the butt 3. I'd hate someone to ask me to do it 4. I had a lot of naive questions like this to ask, then I realized that it's not so hard, and that I realy just didn't have sufficient motivation to do it myself (...) (23 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: Challenge/Request for the CAD gurus
 
(...) Have you tried the "rolling ball" animation tutorial from the POV-Ray user's documentation? It's in chapter 2.9.5.1, page 111 in my May 1999 edition. I've found it very informative. Fredrik (23 years ago, 10-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad)  

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