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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HCruK9.11n6@lugnet.com... (...) sub-models (...) ... Something I would like to see (and forgive me if it has been mentioned before) is a way to merge the BOM for a submodel into the (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Web Searching Reveals More LDraw Programs
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I was looking for more parts and founds the following: LDraw to DirectX: (URL) (I don't know if this was already known but it's not listed at LDraw.org) (URL) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad)
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Hi, I'm wanting to add support for different background colors for sub-models (also fonts/styles/colors used in PLI and BOMs). LEGO's building instructions use a different background color for each level of sub-model used, and it uses the same color (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi All, I'm architecting the ability to have the files generated by LPub to be placed in directories other than the directory that contains the DAT/LDR/MPD file being processed. This feature is meshes with the bug that LPub's automatic use of (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub and Lsynth page for tracking enhancement requests and bug fixes
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(...) I figured someone would ask this soon :^) Probably early next week. You can see the bugs I've fixed and the new features I've added on (URL) think I've gotten the killer bugs out of the way, and implemented many of the "simple to add" (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HCrpGz.Irp@lugnet.com... (...) I'm not (...) that (...) same. (...) not (...) resume. (...) This is great news - this is a feature I expect I will use extensively. What is the ETA of (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub and Lsynth page for tracking enhancement requests and bug fixes
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(...) Jake, I came up with an even simpler solution. I added a Pause/Resume button to the "cancel" dialog. Click the Pause button, and after POV-Ray finishes the image it is rendering, the process pauses until you click resume. Kevin (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) First I have to recreate it on Windows98, which means I have to set up a win98 box. I'm sure I can fix it if I can recreate it. Can you try running lsynthcp directly? It is in the Lsynth/bin directory. Its usage is: lsynthcp <inputfile> (...) (22 years ago, 3-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Mine too. Anyway, replace LPUB by LSYNTH and you'll have my install paths. (...) the (...) Right. Can you fix it? Jaco (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub and Lsynth page for tracking enhancement requests and bug fixes
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HCqIBJ.12tn@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) current (...) build (...) construction (...) not (...) BOMs, (...) For this type of LPub run I am not concerned about image (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Mike, I've added it to the list. Minimally I could see it affecting construction image size, and possibly some quality and anti-aliasing controls, but I'm not sure it makes sense to affect rendering of parts for part list images and BOMs, (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub and Lsynth page for tracking enhancement requests and bug fixes
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HCKpqw.1x7x@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) for (...) hand. (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I am chasing an issue that failed halfway through a render right now. Fortunately I am (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) My mistake. I meant Lsynth. It is probably a win98 bug on my part as I develop on win2K, but sometimes the path thing messes me up. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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At home I installed it in C:\LDRAW\PROGRAMS\LPUB on a Win98-SE PC. But I do not see what that has to do with anything for it does work on my W2K PC at work, where I installed it in D:\MJ\LDRAW\PROGRAM\LPUB. Jaco "Kevin L. Clague" (...) (22 years ago, 2-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: possible rendering problem with LDLite and transparent parts
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(...) I don't know. Sounds to me more like a gimmick than something useful. I wouldn't implement it unless it strikes you as something really fun to try. I think rigging CldliteApp::InitInstance() to be able to render offscreen without a window (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Jaco, Can you give me specifics of where LPub is installed? Thanks, Kevin (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I'd like to add one more bug in LSynth. The display message does not work in Win98. Jaco (22 years ago, 28-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) have already been fixed, and features I'm adding, for those who want to know what I'm up to. Kevin (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I was rethinking this one and thought I might just add support for LDraw's PAUSE meta-command. You can place it wherever you want. (...) For performance reasons, LPub caches the part images once they are rendered, so we would have to break (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Na, don't be quiet... rather, thanks for being obstinate about it! Yes, indeed, you are correct, and it looks like I am all wet. Paint Shop Pro fooled me. My bad. Sorry for any confusion. ++Lar (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Your help is always appreciated Don! I just tried out LDLite v2.4, and it looks OK too, as do the BMP files Larry sent me. I think it is a problem with aliasing. Which reminds me, I was going to add a dithering-expander option, so that trans-colors (...) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: possible rendering problem with LDLite and transparent parts
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(...) Ok, but I just tested flat.dat with ldlite 2.3 and your command line: ldlite.exe -W2 -MS -S3.0 -C15 -A0.707104,0,0.70710...-0.650895, 0.390731,0.650895 -D1 -U02500,02500 -I-4 -K flat.dat It worked just fine on Win2K with only 192MB. However, I (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Used to, not any more. I built in my own "renderer" -Orion (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Art of Illusion
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Hey everyone - After some private email exchange with Wayne Gramlich and Kevin Clague, Wayne emailed me this (quoting with permission): (...) Wayne posted about AOI back in the fall, and I don't think it got many responses, if any. I know a few (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If you want an example of the quality you can get with this technique, take a peek at the Family Car instructions on this page. (URL) almost positive it was done with the edge thickening and scaling method described by Larry. Don (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New BFC Spec
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(...) I'm not sure if there are any others, but the LTrax meta-commands are definitely not in all caps. And, according to Tore (the LTrax author), the LTrax program doesn't treat them as case-sensitive. --Travis (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) All of LDView's rendering code is actually already encapsulated into a static library. It's not a DLL because I decided that having the DLL complicated the LDView distrubution overly much (especially for screen saver support). It wouldn't be (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Gyug has said that LDLite and LDGLite are trying to share code, FWIW... (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Orion Pobursky uses LDGLite as a renderer to generate previews in his Bezier Curve Generator plugin for LDDesignPad. -Tim (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub and Lsynth page for tracking enhancement requests and bug fixes
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(...) I missed this bit before. I thought Jake was asking about why I didn't use MLCad for rendering. (...) I agree with this approach, I don't think you should write your own renderer, we don't need YARenderer at this point. Just link them in as (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub and Lsynth page for tracking enhancement requests and bug fixes
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<snip> (...) I understood. It is a bug. (...) Yes, well there are numerous windows apps that can render LDraw files quickly on the screen, but just because LPub doesn't support it doesn't mean LPub has a bug. ;-) (...) Running a vote would be cool, (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Looking into other renderers was just a thought of mine. Your requests for pause controls is indicitive of the cost of high quality rendering. For those who do not want to pay that price they have to lay out BIs by hand. I don't have a desire (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Maybe the simple way covers all the needs. (...) Yeah, I just started typing... :) (...) Perhaps I should give a bit more detail. What I mean is even when operations are canceled, or you actually click the "Cancel" button in this dialog, the (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) It's good enough for what I use it for, and it doesn't require POV, and it's way way way way faster. I'd never tie up my PC for two days rendering, that's just unacceptable. (...) Maybe. Read the help on the command line options to se what (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Seems simple enough. (...) Simple also, as long as it is at *every* sub-model. Careful what you ask for. (...) This is about 8 enhancement requests you know. Not just preferences per sub-model, but also global BOM inclusion/exclusion per (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub and Lsynth page for tracking enhancement requests and bug fixes
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(...) But is this only comparing MLCad to LDLite? While I would agree that the batch processing abilities seem cool, the quality just doesn't seem to compare if you also factor in MegaPOV to the mix. That being said... am I missing something? There (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPub and Lsynth page for tracking enhancement requests and bug fixes
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(...) Here are a few more ideas: - Basic Pause function (this may be handled just fine by POVRAY, but I'm not that familiar with it. Reason: When you are working off of one machine that I share, either I need to quickly check email, or let my wife (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oh, I should also note that it's embeddable in batch files, since it has a command line interface. When you have hundreds or thousands of images to render across 30-40 submodels, that's very very important. (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: New BFC Spec
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(...) Kevin did a pretty exhaustive search for meta command and all of the one's he listed were in all caps. The command word needs to be in all caps, the command parameters don't need to be. (if I'm reading the spec correctly) -Orion (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If we could figure out a *fast* interface for getting images between a renderer and LPub (fast enough to be interactive like I know Willy wants) then yes. The ideal solution would to be to have one of these renderers as a DLL library that I (...) (22 years ago, 30-Mar-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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