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RE: [ldraw.org] L3P Question
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 15 Apr 1999 11:30:57 GMT
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Terry Keller wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:05:07 GMT, "Lars C. Hassing"
> <lch@ccieurope.com> wrote:
> > > Now, for the camera views.
> > >
> > > First, screw all the other methods of figuring out how to
> > > place a camera. Stop trying to fathom X,Y,Z coordinates
> > > with your fingers, and put your left hand down. :-)
> > > Forget the lattitudes and longitudes, and translations and
> > > vectors and all that other $%#!.
> > >
> > > Once you have the .pov file made, go back into LEdit. Place
> > > a light.dat about where you want the camera to be. Then
> > > place another one where you want the camera to look_at or point.
> > >
> > > Save the file. Open it in a text editor. The first 3
> > > coordinates of the first light dat directly correspond to
> > > the camera location coordinates in the pov file.
> > > copy and past them from the .dat to the .pov.
> > >
> > > Do the same with the second light.dat's coordinates. Paste
> > > them into the cameras Look_At coordinates.
> > >
> > > Make sure you paste into the proper places.
> > >
> > > Render and thank me later. :-) (1)
> > > Or better yet, thank Lars for using the same coordinate
> > > system that makes this possible. (2)
> >
> > Oh no, no, no!
> > What is this? Is it that difficult to use the latitude/longitude?
> > Using the above copy-n-paste will bypass L3P's efforts to place
> > the model in the center of the image with equal amount of space
> > around it. You risk cutting off part of the model.
>
> Lars, I didn't intend for this to be a "fix" of any type. And the
> latitude/longitude method is a good one to use. If I sit there
> thinking about it enough, I can do it.
> And the automatic centering of the model is a fantastic feature
> that I love. I just offered this method as a fairly simple way
> of directly finding xyz coordinates to use in an existing pov file
> - using the simple expedient of moving a point around in LEdit.
Sorry, I didn't mean to jump at you. I just opposed to changing
an existing pov file's camera data, since these are carefully
computed taking the model into account.
/Lars
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| (...) Understood. :-) I usually hack the heck out of the resulting .pov file anyway. Which reminds me, would it be possible to add an option to L3P so that it produces just a basic model file, no camera or lights, to use as an include file in a (...) (26 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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