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Re: Bricksmith 1.3: Here's Looking at You, Kid
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lugnet.cad.dev.mac
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Wed, 29 Mar 2006 02:04:21 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Russell Clark wrote:
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I guess what I am asking about is that if I create a set of instructions,
there is no way to save or print to a .pdf file? Not a problem. I can just
share the .mpd file, but I figured I would ask.
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When I create a set of instructions, I use MacMegaPOV/POV-Ray to individually
render a super-high-quality image for each step. I then arrange them manually
with a page-layout program. My ultimate goal is always to print them. Of course,
producing print-quality images using a real-time onscreen design program like
Bricksmith just wouldn’t work out well; the images wouldn’t be a high-enough
resolution.
I’m sure there are ways to automate this process, but I doubt I
would ever be as satisfied with the results as I am with my labor-intensive
rendering method. Just look at MLCad’s image-exporting feature. It is useless
for instruction printouts.
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I don’t know about Peeron, but MLCAD saves a .txt file.
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Yes, but does the data in that text file need to be arranged in a particular
way?
Allen
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Bricksmith 1.3: Here's Looking at You, Kid
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| (...) I don't think it has to be. My friend made me a parts list from MLCAD and it was arranged alphabetically by part description. I think it would make the most logical sense to sort a parts list by part number. Russell (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
| | | Re: Bricksmith 1.3: Here's Looking at You, Kid
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| (...) The resolution argument actually doesn't hold up. When I added printing support to LDView in Windows, I made it generate an image using tiling that was at the printer's resolution (or maybe I maxed out at 300DPI; that was four years ago, so I (...) (19 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricksmith 1.3: Here's Looking at You, Kid
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| (...) I guess what I am asking about is that if I create a set of instructions, there is no way to save or print to a .pdf file? Not a problem. I can just share the .mpd file, but I figured I would ask. (...) I don't know about Peeron, but MLCAD (...) (19 years ago, 23-Mar-06, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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