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How is an image like this created: (URL) how are the black lines done? Is there a special command, or is it a function of some software platform unfamiliar to me? Any info is appreciated. Dave! (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Question about image generation
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(...) Looks to me like its rendered with ldglite, but i could be wrong. ROSCO (19 years ago, 8-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Question about image generation
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(...) Nope, that's right: ldglite -a1,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,1 -ld -Q -v3000,3000 -W$scale -S$scale -i2 -MSfilename.png somedat.dat (I think, it's Steve's code) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The black lines are normal edge lines (type 2 or 5). As has been mentioned, that was drawn by LDGlite which seems to use silly thick black lines to represent them. Different renderers use different settings (19 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) LDLite or LDGLite, possibly with a special ldraw.ini color file that gives black edge lines (although the default for trans white might be black already), or maybe MegaPOV are all ways I can think to do it. Ask Dan Boger. (19 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You can also use "Save snapshot" in LDView to generate a similar image. If you set the edge lines to be always black, and set the Field of View to be 0.1, you'll get something like so: (URL) Cobbs (19 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) The key bit is the -W option -- it draws thick lines. The $scale is the width of the line, in pixels. For the ldraw/partsref/peeron images, we use -W3 (but we also set scale to -S3, for a 300% zoom). -Q is supposed to result in higher-quality, (...) (19 years ago, 9-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) And I received plenty of info! Thanks to all who responded--your answers have been clear and thorough and very helpful. Dave! (19 years ago, 10-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I forgot to mention -- the generator uses the 0 COLOR statement to define custom color values. But I don't think color 47 is tweaked very much. Steve (19 years ago, 10-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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