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Re: Updated Flexible Objects LDDesignPad Plugin
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 19 Dec 2002 21:25:57 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky writes:
> In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse writes:
> > Strange... I'm a bit curious why you selected ldglite for the
> > preview when LDDesignPad has hooks for a different set of viewer
> > programs. I'd think in order to make things simpler for potential
> > users you'd have chosen one of the viewers already supported
> > by the main program.
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> Because LDGLite is the only program I know of with off screen rendering
> capability at a speed that is acceptible. I could have used L3P and POV-Ray
> but render times vary widely for that combo.
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> -Orion
What about LDView? You can associate viewers/editors with the LDR/DAT file
extensions, and call it by opening the file. So, it could save a file and
launch it in that program.
I haven't used the curve generator (yet) but I just downloaded it. I'm
really starting to like LDDP - I use it for manually inserting stuff into
MPDs (like unofficial parts) mostly...
-Tim
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 | | Re: Updated Flexible Objects LDDesignPad Plugin
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| (...) Off screen rendering means rendering in the background without opening up a window. This can be handy for things like web servers (such as the one running the parts tracker at ldraw.org). I'm not sure if LDView has an offscreen rendering (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Updated Flexible Objects LDDesignPad Plugin
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| (...) Because LDGLite is the only program I know of with off screen rendering capability at a speed that is acceptible. I could have used L3P and POV-Ray but render times vary widely for that combo. -Orion (22 years ago, 31-Aug-02, to lugnet.cad)
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