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Re: More tips for L3P
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Tue, 3 Oct 2000 13:16:17 GMT
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On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 Manfred Moolhuysen writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Ryan J. Farrington writes:
> > I still have some trouble with L3P not finding my model files, but • that
> > probably has to do with the paths. I'll have to work on it.
>
> Try this: assume you have L3P.exe in the C:\Pov directory, the Ldraw
> programs
> in the C:\Ldraw directory, and the shortcut for L3P I've described
> previously.
> With Notepad you make a new file with the following content:
>
> @ECHO OFF
> SET LDRAWDIR=C:\LDRAW
> C:\POV\L3P.EXE %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 | more
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> Save it as L3P.bat in the C:\Ldraw directory (and yes, this was good
> old DOS
> batch-file programming)
>
> Now change the properties of the shortcut, so that C:\Ldraw is the
> working
> directory. Now, when you've open a DOS-window through the shortcut,
> and you
> type L3P <something>, this will run L3P.bat instead of L3P.exe and
> this
> ensures that some usefull settings will be done, before the batch
> file calls
> the real L3P program.
>
> The SET LDRAWDIR line shows L3P where it can find the Ldraw tree it
> has to
> search through, in case you provide a model filename whithout a path
> if front
> of it.
> The %1 to %5 signs allow you to enter command line parameters when
> you run the
> L3P.bat file, such as options, modelname and povpath. They ensure
> that these
> parameters are being handed over to the L3P.exe program.
> The | more bit breaks up the screen output into readable pages when
> the number
> of lines eventualy happens to exceed the Screen Buffer Size Heigth.
>
> Greetings, M. Moolhuysen.
Well, Manfred, I followed your instructions but it didn't seem to work.
However, by typing the path to my \ldraw\models directory and seting
Ldrawdir=C:\ldraw, I was able to run L3P and render my models in POV-Ray.
Thanks for your help,
--Ryan
Lugnet member #517
E-mail: Ryanjf2@juno.com
Amateur radio call sign: kb1fob
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| (...) I've (re)tested it just now, and it should work: Possible error causes: - L3P.BAT and L3P.EXE are in the same folder/directory. When you issue the command "L3P" it finds the EXE before the BAT, and LDRAWDIR isn't set. - Saved batchfile with (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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