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Re: LDraw-to-Raves (was: POV in Part)
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Thu, 17 Jul 2003 01:39:44 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Steve Bliss wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Michael Horvath wrote:

Just to drop in my 2 cents,
I think putting them into one file would be better.

I'm torn - using a single file in POV-Ray is definitely more convenient,
and 750 definitions don't seem to be too much overhead for the parsing
engine to chew on.  But for (later) updates to the wrapper library,
individual files would work better.

I think the 1:1 aproach would be better.

Using one main include file might be convienient, but makes it difficult for
many authors to contribute to.

Also, could you put up a quality comparison chart?  Three shots of a couple of
parts, each, so we can compare?

Maybe, but not right now.
Something like this?
http://www.geocities.com/pneaster/lego_parts_rev.htm
(Please do not use the part files from there, most of them have been updated on
the Parts Tracker. The helmet is changing origin)

I'm somewhat tied up currently.

Steve
Heh! no kidding.. you always astonish me with how much you get done.

Paul



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: LDraw-to-Raves (was: POV in Part)
 
(...) That's it. Do you think you could add to that? I guess a POV file could be made that would automatically generate a gallery. I'll have to look into that. -Mike (21 years ago, 17-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
  Re: LDraw-to-Raves (was: POV in Part)
 
(...) Hmm, thinking more about this, it could be done with individual files, and then a single master file that includes all the individual wrapper files. The master file could be auto-generated whenever the wrapper-library is updated. That would be (...) (21 years ago, 17-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
  Re: LDraw-to-Raves (was: POV in Part)
 
(...) YES YES YES! Cool stuff, Paul. C'mon guys open your eyes and look at this: (URL) helmet (very good part writing I must say, I couldn't have done it) 500+ lines. And by adding (just) 36 lines of POV code one gets a real rounded helmet. Now, (...) (21 years ago, 20-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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  Re: LDraw-to-Raves (was: POV in Part)
 
(...) I'm torn - using a single file in POV-Ray is definitely more convenient, and 750 definitions don't seem to be too much overhead for the parsing engine to chew on. But for (later) updates to the wrapper library, individual files would work (...) (21 years ago, 16-Jul-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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