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(...) I've put together a tutorial. It is the first in a series on how I put my LDRAW POVRAY animations together. I'm looking for feedback and mistakes. It's at (URL) if you think it is worthy, feel free to link to it or repost it. (23 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Subtle parts differences (was Re: Lego Blueprints Query ...)
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Thanks for the feedback Chris. I'd be interested to see scans of the bricks that you described. If you could either email them to me directly or send me a link, then I'll take a look and update my info as appropriate. I have a load of stuff (slopes (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: RGB Coding in LDraw?
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(...) Well, since I'm not code-savvy, I don't feel comfortable making demands on those who are. I'm hoping to find a way to render the dull-metal stainless steel luster of various wheel hubs and the like, without having to hand edit the POV file (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: RGB Coding in LDraw?
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(...) But maybe it was an idea to add it? Jacob (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Subtle parts differences (was Re: Lego Blueprints Query ...)
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(...) could (...) a (...) as (...) or (...) Just changed subject to clarify relevance for lugnet.cad.dev readers. Chris (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Lego Blueprints Query & Weetabix Promo House Instructions
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(...) Very impressed with the detail you have gone into on the slope bricks. We could do with more of this kind of information for other parts - see the thread at (URL) regarding the 2x2 round brick, which has at least 5 versions. The 2x2 45deg (...) (23 years ago, 20-Jan-02, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Dave Schuler wrote... (...) 0x02RRGGBB for solid colors and 0x03RRGGBB for transparent. (URL) by at least MLCad, LDView, L3P and L3Lab. (...) No, only transparency. /Lars (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 1.9 Source now available
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Hello! (...) I can only agree! (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New and kinda-new stickfig mecha wallpaper and stuff
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(...) Heh heh thanks. :-, I was wincing a bit about that -- it almost looks like the cheesy sfx they used on the old Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica shows. But we all love cheese... (...) Awesome, thanks for the feedback. This is exactly what I (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad.dev)
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Is there a way to hard-code a color value in a .dat file using RGB values, so that the part will render in POV-Ray using those values? If so, what's the format? In addition, is it possible to code color qualities, like reflectiveness, into a .dat (...) (23 years ago, 19-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 1.9 Source now available
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(...) Thanks for continuing LDView. LDView is the best LDraw viewer. Damien (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDGLite orientation matrix (l3p enhancement requests?)
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(...) Well yes, I once compared the orthographic projection to a perspective projection seen from an infinite distance. I suppose this would give you an infinitely small camera angle. But you're missing the point. I'm trying to position ldglite as a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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The LDView 1.9 source code is now available from the following location: (URL) is also a link on the main LDView web page to the above page.) Note that it's a little more difficult to build now, because you have to first download and build the (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDGLite orientation matrix (l3p enhancement requests?)
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Don Heyse wrote... (...) See examples in (URL) POV's orthographic keyword in the camera definition would require another way of calculating the optimum camera position. I think one of the great features about L3P is that you always get a good view (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Robin Sayce-Jones wrote... (...) That's what I call an understatement! (...) Aint that true... /Lars (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Can LDGLite print the current orientation matrix? (feature request)
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Don Heyse wrote... (...) If STEREO is zero (the default), then there's no rotation, and it's the same as location <cx,cy,cz> +PCT/100.0*<dx,dy,dz> (...) No, *I* seem to have missed something... It takes four numbers to determine a vector in space, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 3D Viewing on PC
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There are a number of ways to do it. Probably the best way (for a reasonable cost) would be to pick up a pair of consumer 3D shutter glasses, which can be had for under $100. If you happen to own an nVidia-based video card, you can download their (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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What do you guys know about viewing information in 3D on your screen? In LDView it shows the option for cross-eyed and parallel. What kind of different ways are there available to view this stuff on home pc? Are there special software platforms (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: How do we handle stickers in Ldraw?
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"Imre Papp" <ipapp@geometria.hu> wrote in message news:Gq0y7v.G6q@lugnet.com... (...) eat (...) that (...) Well, the default seam width (in both L3P and LDView) is 0.5 LDU. So, this would chop the sticker thickness in half. No idea whether this is (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Travis Cobbs writes: ... (...) Yes, I think that would work. Perhaps Jacob could install Mesa 4.1 on one of his (apparently) many machines and try this? I would, but I don't have the hardware available, and after all, he did start (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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