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I decided to take a break from the extensibility issue and decided to tackle something I've wanted to tackle for a while: callout images for small sub-assemblies. These callout assemblies can be seen in LEGO building instructions here: (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) This looks cool! (...) How about LPub reading from a 'callout.ldr' submodel in the MPD file, and adding an option to say "compile callouts from previously generated images?" -Tim (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks! (...) I'm actually thinking that the page layout stuff might belong in different files with a syntax that is for page layout. Once you've generated all the images and you are to the point of rearranging them on pages, you don't want to (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Gotcha. This might be a tall order -- but would there be any way for LPub to create these callout elements such as numbers and lines in vector format, and write out an EPS? -Tim (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Encapsulated Post Script? Dunno anytin' bout it. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Understood. Would this sort of feature be possible with a plugin system, so someone else who did know about it could write that? Just curious. -Tim (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes. I'm sure. FYI, I new nothing about LDraw file formats before I wrote LPub either ;^) I'm thinking that the whole page layout (including formatting of callouts, and callouts within callouts), is a whole new layer of concept in LPub (or an (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Tim and Kevin, Since I'm a desktop publisher IRL and for longer I can remember I do know something about Postscript and Postscript programming. It is a fairly easy language to learn and understand. Think of it as POV but in 2D. I have a (...) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hi Kevin and Tim, Loads of info and URLs here: (URL) the mentioned book as PDF here: (URL) (21 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I recall some one (Dutch too) who started a Postscript project. It was about converting the LDraw format directly to PS. I asked this way back: (URL) (december 10 1999 :-) I got no reply... But then, Guido Heunen replied to another thread: (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) For now, I decided to make callout generation a seperate pass of the model. By disabling construction image generation, you can make changes to the callout specifications in your DAT files, Generate -> Instruction Images, and you won't run (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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"Kevin L. Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HDC5Gu.1ux3@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) is (...) get (...) level. (...) seperated (...) I think so, I'd like to play with it. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at (...) (21 years ago, 14-Apr-03, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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