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Repository of .dat files with inline POV-Ray code... any interest?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:26:01 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Tony Hafner wrote:
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> > What's the current plan for POV-Ray code in official parts? I have
> > been out of the loop for a while, but my last understanding was that
> > parts with inline POV-Ray code don't have any chance of getting
> > certified on the parts tracker. Is this still the case?
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> Yes, it's pretty much still the case. I would really prefer to not
> have any POV code in the parts library at all. But if there must be
> some, I think it should stay in the primitive files.
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> > I am specifically referring to cases where primitive substitution
> > causes gaps around curved surfaces. The ldraw code looks fine in
> > the usual tools (ldraw, MLCAD, L3Lab), and the extra code makes the
> > parts render without gaps in POV-Ray.
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> I think a better solution is to work on POV versions of part files.
> Generally, writing POV code is easier than LDraw code. So if you
> can make an LDraw version of a file, you can make a POV version.
Okay... then I'd like to open this up to a question for the community:
Is anyone interested in working on a single shared repository of
ldraw-compatible parts with inlined POV-Ray code? How many authors out there
are comfortable with both POV-Ray and ldraw code and interested in this?
I'm picturing files that are essentially official parts with some added inline
code. And when ldraw releases updates, we'd attempt to POV-Ray fix all parts
that need it and we'd update all of the POV-Ray parts with the new ldraw code
when parts are officially re-released. The deliverables would be parts
downloads similar to the official releases, and a user would just install this
over the official release.
Note that a good number of parts could be fixed with just a line or two of code
and some new primitives. Imagine a primitive that is a true disc minus a
16-segment disc- how many parts would that fix? 20? More?
And if we did this, could ldraw.org host the downloads? I doubt that I could
afford the bandwidth to host them on my site for very long.
--
Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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