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Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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lugnet.cad.dev.mac
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Fri, 20 Jul 2007 01:13:02 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Jon Palmer wrote:
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I’m trying to do the old find_edges renders with the current version of
MacMegaPov and they aren’t working. Reading through here, it sounds like the
0.7 version of the program works fine for this.
I’ve googled up and down but can’t find 0.7 anywhere.
Can somone out there point me to the file online or send me a copy?
You are awesome if you can.
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I have a copy sitting here:
http://bricksmith.sourceforge.net/files/MacMegaPov0.7.zip
I got it by e-mailing the maintainers of MacMegaPOV several years ago. In later
correspondence, they also told me the edge-tracer in the newer version of
MacMegaPOV had not been optimized by its author. The result is that edge-tracing
renders take 5 minutes in 0.7 and over an hour in 1.1+. Obviously I recommend
avoiding newer versions like the plague. Even running under Rosetta I bet the
old 0.7 runs circles around the newer one. (But I haven’t tested it yet.)
MacMegaPOV 0.7 is very difficult-to-find software. I’ve quietly hosted it for
quite a while, pointing people toward it when they ask the scary question of how
to make good instructions on the Mac. It all screams out for a detailed
tutorial, but I’ve never gotten around to it, partly because I’m embarrased by
how complex a process it is.
Allen
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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| (...) Establishing a consistent way to create quality instructions from LDraw models on the Mac is of great interest to me, personally and on behalf of the general Mac LDraw community. If a detailed tutorial is not practical, I would still be (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
| | | Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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| (...) You can find a command-line Intel Mac compile of MegaPOV 0.7 here: (URL) I tested it with the following command line: megapov +IBRICKS.pov I used BRICKS.pov from the above zip, and it generated the following two PNG files in under 2 seconds: (...) (17 years ago, 21-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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| I'm trying to do the old find_edges renders with the current version of MacMegaPov and they aren't working. Reading through here, it sounds like the 0.7 version of the program works fine for this. I've googled up and down but can't find 0.7 (...) (17 years ago, 10-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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