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I worked on the RIS book that Syngress is going to publish and so I had
extensive experience working with LPub. This tool really is amazing. Kevin
has put a LOT of work into this program (I know, I bugged him with many
questions :) ) and it shows. I think that I'm not exaggerating when I say
that this is going to revolutionize how the average AFOL looks at creating
dat's and instructions. For people who haven't tried it yet, definitely
give it a try and enjoy the beautiful results! Thanks again to Kevin for
doing an amazing job.
Luke
"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message
news:H2Fq9v.21v@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.announce, Kevin L. Clague writes:
> > I'm proud to annouce my first LEGO CAD program called LPub. LPub stands • for
> > LEGO Publisher. It is designed to automatically produce step by step
> > building instructions from your LDRAW format designs. It uses L3P, • POV-Ray
> > and MEGA-POV (if you have it installed) to create beautiful back and • white
> > or color images of your design. LPub can also produce web pages that • walk
> > you through the sequence of assembly steps.
> >
> > I developed LPub while working on a step by step building instruction • book
> > for Syngress Publishing. Miguel Agullo (a.k.a technicpuppy), Soren
> > Rolighed, Hideaki Yabuki and I used the original LPub to develop this • book
> > http://www.syngress.com/catalog/sg_main.cfm?pid=2272. Syngress is • currently
> > using LPub to develop two more step by step construction books based on • the
> > RIS and Ultimate Builders Sets.
> >
> > Here are some LPub highlights:
> > - Supports sub-assemblies in multiple files or MPD format
> > - Can produce step by step images or full assembly images
> > - Can produce JPEG or Windows Bitmap construction step images
> > - Supports ghosting out of previous steps' parts in construction images
> > - Supports MLCAD rotation steps
> > - Automatically produces part list image for each step
> > - Produces web pages in two formats (step per page or tabular)
> > - Graphics user interface to most L3P options
> > - Graphics user interface to many POV-Ray options
> > - Graphics user interface to MEGA-POV's edge find facility
> > - Supports LDR, DAT and MPD files
> > - Can create MPD files from top level LDR file
> > - Can extract LDR and DAT files from MPD file
> > - Tested on Windows 98, WIndows 2000 Pro and Windows XP
> >
> > Feel free to try it. Download it at • http://www.users.qwest.net/~kclague/LPub
>
> Kevin,
>
> Thanks for your superb effort. This tool is absolutely amazing!! I • encourage
> anyone who creates .ldr/.dat files to download this tool and give it a • whirl!
>
> Jake
>
> ---
> Jake McKee
> LEGO Enthusiast
> Webmaster - BI Portal
> http://www.bricksonthebrain.com/instructions
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