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Re: License - again
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 13 Dec 2000 17:11:02 GMT
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"Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message
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> John VanZwieten writes:
> > L2P, on the other hand, looks at the location and orientation of a • part in
> > the model file, but uses its own part library to define each element
> > (which is why L2P can't handle all the parts in the LCAD library.) • The
> > part definitions are the artistic work of Anton Raves (sp?) and do not
> > rely on the artistic work of part authors. (Actually, he may have • relied
> > somewhat on LCAD parts in creating his library, I'm not 100% sure on
> > this.)
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> Actually, L2P uses the LGEO library written by Lutz Uhlman. Lutz also • wrote
> L2P and all the textures that LGEO uses. AFAIK, Anton Raves has no
> connection with L2P at all. It's difficult to use Anton's parts because • not
> only the coordinate system but also the origins of the parts are • different.
> And since Anton is working on a Mac, I doubt he has much use for the • LDraw
> parts library. Here's a summary of the libraries I know of:
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> Name System Author
> LDraw LDraw James Jessiman, others
> LeoCAD? LeoCAD Leonardo Zide (many converted from LDraw)
> LGEO POV-Ray Lutz Uhlman
> Unnamed POV-Ray Anton Raves
> L3G0 Rayshade? Paul Gyugyi (someone converted this to POV once)
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> Conversion programs:
> LeoCAD I believe LeoCAD has a converter to import LDraw parts.
> L2P first LDraw -> POV converter, written by Lutz, uses LGEO parts
> L3P Lars Hassing(sp?) wrote this to convert LDraw parts to POV • directly.
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> Feel free to correct me if necessary.
> --Bram
Thanks for the correction and lists.
John Van
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| (...) Actually, L2P uses the LGEO library written by Lutz Uhlman. Lutz also wrote L2P and all the textures that LGEO uses. AFAIK, Anton Raves has no connection with L2P at all. It's difficult to use Anton's parts because not only the coordinate (...) (26 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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