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Re: how to make graphics
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Thu, 28 Aug 2003 15:16:05 GMT
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> While this is not really for public consumption, see this page anyway:
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> <http://www.freewebs.com/raininmysoup/explained.html>
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> The part described is non-official lego element; and this illustration was
> created by me to see how easy/hard it would be to explain DAT authoring to a
> novice. The element illustrated is my Lady Blacktron torso as designed by me
> and DAT-authored by great Lego pal Tony Hafner (98% Tony's work) -- there's a
> weeny amount of DAT authoring there on my part.
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> The main thing to note is the "wire-frame" of the design. See all the bits
> outlined in black, yellow, and white? All those lines and shapes need to be
> defined in the DAT file to replace the three quads that would otherwise exist
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> the same space as in step 2.
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> I hope this helps.
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> -- Hop-Frog
That is a great explanation, and its exactly what I did. Its reassuring
to me that a couple of my more creative solutions, are probably the best
way to take care of the issues I had.
my only thing left to do is place the two circular areas on this part.
they are dithered from dark to light in the center though, and I was
wondering if there is a typical solution to this problem?
Coding dat parts is fun, but it is not for the faint of heart. what was
nice about the peice i worked on, is that once you do one side i just
reused the coordinates for the other side with the deletion of a couple
of - signs.
btw you can see the part in a render i did last night while i slept.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/elkane/Renderings/stargo.jpg
any help with this circular dithered area would be greatly appreciated.
also should i do something with this part now that its partially made?
thanks
-tk
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| (...) You might consider a series of concentric rings of different colors. If you don't mind the ongoing POV-primitive debate, or are only interested in using the part yourself, you could make the dat file show a solid grey circle for normal dat (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| (...) I'm just guessing here, but there's probably NOT a way to do this via LDraw proper. On the other hand, there's probably a way to make it work in POV-Ray, I just don't know how... (...) Yes, but the pattern does not go over the existing plane (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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