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Re: Linetype/color question
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:54:05 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Orion Pobursky wrote:
> In lugnet.cad.dev, Dave Schuler wrote:
> > I was reading through bits of Ldraw.org and came upon this section:
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> > http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=218#colors
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> > Specifically, this note under "Colors."
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> > "Colors 256-512 are dithered colors. Only line type 1 is allowed to use colors
> > 256-512."
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> > Is that correct? In other words, I can't make an irregular quadrilateral in
> > color 285? And does "allowed" mean "permitted by the software" or "accepted by
> > convention" in this context? I know with certainty that I've used dithered
> > 256-512 colors in all manner of linetype 3 and linetype 4 statements in my
> > files.
> LDraw/Ledit doesn't accept non type 1 line with colors 256-512. While there is
> nothing perventing you from making a model that has quads, triangles and lines
> with color 256-512, we enforce this rule for the Official Library in order to
> ensure complete backwards compatability.
Hi Orion:
Thanks for the response! I don't mean to dispute your answer, but I have made
dozens of clone parts in LEdit that use the color range 256-512 for linetypes 3
and 4. Granted, some of the colors appear a little different in LEdit than in
POV-Ray renderings, but the colors seem generally to function.
In particular, I have used colors 272, 278, 383, and 478, among others.
I'm all for backwards compatibility (especially since I use LEdit), and this
color-range doesn't seem to have caused me any problems.
Thanks again for your help, though.
Dave!
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