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Re: True Type fonts and LDraw files
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Mon, 2 Dec 2002 19:44:43 GMT
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Quoting Don Heyse <dheyse@hotmail.spam.go.away.com>:
> The one thing to watch out for here is that floating text will only look
> right when viewed from a particular angle. Don't forget that LDraw files
> contain 3D data which can be viewed from all directions. Text annotation
> seems to me more like a postprocessing stage that should be applied to a
> 2D snapshot of the 3D model. But maybe I'm just thinking inside the box
> today...
couldn't you say the text "box" is anchored in a point in space, and ALWAYS
faces the camera? Or is there a situation where there's more than one camera
at the same time?
(I don't know much about LDRAW, just trying to think of 2d text in a 3d world)
--
Dan Boger
dan@peeron.com
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| (...) As far as I know, you can't do that, but I suppose you could do it with a new META statement. (...) I think there might be some LDRAW programs out there with a notion of a floor or background image. Those are 2D objects that may or may not (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: True Type fonts and LDraw files
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| (...) The one thing to watch out for here is that floating text will only look right when viewed from a particular angle. Don't forget that LDraw files contain 3D data which can be viewed from all directions. Text annotation seems to me more like a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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