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(...) Interesting, but complicated IMO :-) Shaders offer a much easier implementation, and (I suspect) a faster one. Geometry-shaders for preference, but the algorithm can be implemented using vertex-shaders or even ARB vertex-programs to support (...) (14 years ago, 16-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) So finally this brings us to a technique that combines the predictive abilities of the conditional lines with the runtime advantages of the stencil and BFC algorithms. Think of the conditional line as a pair of triangles with a shared edge (...) (14 years ago, 16-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) And another thing... The BFC technique actually has an advantage over conditional lines because it works on the entire scene after it's been assembled. Whereas the conditional lines at the edges of the primitives are created in advance, and (...) (14 years ago, 16-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Stupid me Link on sourceforge: (URL) Tim (14 years ago, 16-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Cool! Where does one find an executable? Kevin (14 years ago, 15-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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The time is up. There is no need to edit thousand lines of code anymore if you are in trouble with BFC-Certification! I have written a tool which requires .NET framework 3.5 and managed DirectX 9 to run. With this tool you are able to change wrong (...) (14 years ago, 15-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) No greater loss I guess. ;) (...) Guess I'll have to take a peep at Quad2dat to see how it works. I thought it was basically just the same approach as bmp2dat, with the difference it can handle more file formats and color depths. /Tore (14 years ago, 4-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Even with Lugnet it's not always easy to know things exists: I had no idea LDraw Draw existed until today ;o) (...) Hopefully Il'dar will chime in, but I guess LDPattern will work like Quad2dat: once vertices are created, new points closer (...) (14 years ago, 4-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If by "extension documents" you mean the (sub-)specifications referred to from the main 1.0.0 spec document (ie this page (URL) is no contradiction as the referenced specs were ratified BEFORE the main 1.0.0 spec (they had to be, otherwise the (...) (14 years ago, 4-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) ... and here's the output from the LDS Compiler v 0.61: 0 Tile 2 x 2 with Red L Pattern 0 Name: 3068bpL.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Non-LEGO Part 0 BFC NOCERTIFY 1 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 s\3068bs01.dat 0 // Pattern created by (...) (14 years ago, 4-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Here's a thought LDPattern project file in pure LDS format: ' 3068bpL.lds ' LDS Source File created by LDPattern 0 Tile 2 x 2 with Red L Pattern 0 Name: 3068bpL.dat 0 Author: Tore Eriksson 0 Unofficial Non-LEGO Part 0 BFC NOCERTIFY ' Default (...) (14 years ago, 4-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi all, Not sure if this is the correct group for this, but I was wondering about a possible contradiction in the specs. I started working on a translation of my LD4DStudio renderer in C++ in means of a refresher course. While starting this up I (...) (14 years ago, 3-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I just discovered the LDPattern project. (URL) to the ongoing delugnetization, I had no idea it existed until today. Anyway, here are my thoughts. In 1997, I made a DOS program called LDD (=LDraw Draw, to avoid confusion with TLC's Lego Digital (...) (14 years ago, 3-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: What do LDraw dev people use for multiplatform development
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(...) <snip> (...) Thanks for the insight, Actually the more 'local' feel to interfaces is the reason why I'm a bit more leaning towards wxWidgets at the moment, it uses native controls where possible on all platforms. But Qt is clearly more (...) (14 years ago, 2-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I know you've already mostly decided on a direction, but I figured I'd throw in my two cents. LDView takes a different tack for cross-platform support: all the back-end code is cross-platform C++, but the UI code is platform-specific. So my Windows (...) (14 years ago, 1-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) <snip> (...) Hi Roland, I use Qt (free) with static binding for LPub4. It works pretty well, and is well organized, but the learning curve is big (but not too steep). Kevin (14 years ago, 1-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Roland Melkert wrote: <snip> (...) Thanks for all the tips everybody, I've been playing around this weekend and decided to start writing something semi serious using C++ and ether wxWidgets or Qt. And for an IDE I decided on using (...) (14 years ago, 31-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not sure Lazarus is the way to go with FPC, there's too much of 'Delphi look-alike but never getting there' over Lazarus. But there are other ways of using FPC. (14 years ago, 28-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) As a Delphi programmer you might give Lazarus and freepascal a whirl. Since I also use Delphi, I tried it to make MPDWizard cross platform and it performed well. One sticking point in getting LDDP converted over is that JCL/JVCL isn't (...) (14 years ago, 28-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Remi Gagne wrote: <snip> (...) hmm, I thought LGPL mend you can only dynamically link to the library, I'll have to take another look it seems. Thanks. (...) <snip> (...) Yes, I've heard more people talking about Python like it's (...) (14 years ago, 27-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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