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Re: Challenge/Request for the CAD gurus
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Date: 
Fri, 9 Nov 2001 07:56:13 GMT
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message
news:GMIMBt.Dqv@lugnet.com...
> 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 Renedering
> - and so on...

Great idea Jake!  I'm a programming novice too and believe it or not (gasp)
just getting into the POV thing.  I found Brad Hamilton's camera positioning
article very useful and would like to see more along a similar line.  The
topics you brought up are excellent.

> 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?)

Most definitely.  I'd love to post a series of how-tos on POV and on
different programs as well.  We just need people to write 'em.

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

BIG me too right here!

Tim Courtney - tim@ldraw.org
http://www.ldraw.org - Centralized LDraw Resources



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  Challenge/Request for the CAD gurus
 
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! (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-01, to lugnet.cad)

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