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Re: Black seems wrong in ldconfig.ldr
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 16 Jan 2004 00:42:55 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Travis Cobbs wrote:
> I'm fairly happy with the results, but the only way I can think of to get that
> information into the ldconfig file would be to actually include specular
> settings there: specular exponent (shininess) and specular color. I don't
> really think that's appropriate in the ldconfig file, as the specular settings
> may be too specific to the renderer.
You could put your custom information in an ldviewconfig.ldr file which you supply
with the LDView install. Then add a setting to LDView, allowing the user to specify
multiple pre-processing files. Default the setting to
<LDrawDir>\ldconfig.ldr;<LDViewDir>\ldviewconfig.ldr
and you're in business.
> Having said the above, having material properties added to the file could help a
> lot. However, the format of the information first has to be agreed upon, and
> then the file has to be updated. That discussion thread kind of petered out,
> with no clear consensus for a format.
Yes, exactly. We repaired to the LSC list for some discussion, but I'm hoping we'll
be able to post an update shortly.
Steve
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| (...) Thanks. That's a good idea. I'll have to think about it, though. Up until now, I have purposely avoided creating any LDView-specific meta-commands. On the other hand, this would be one of the few reasons that might convince me that an (...) (23 years ago, 16-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I agree that something of that sort would be a good idea, but in the case of my metallic colors, I actually hand-tweaked the settings for each metallic color. They aren't all the same. This was done partially to differentiate between chrome (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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