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Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
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Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:51:47 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.mac, Allen Smith wrote:

   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.

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 interested in a summary of your process. I am interested in developing or collaborating on any tools that would be useful to streamline the procedure: well-formed MPD in, good instruction material out.

What are the key advantages of MacMegaPOV 0.7 compared with, say, the command line version of POV-Ray 3.6?

Jim



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  Re: Copy of MacMegaPov 0.7
 
(...) I have a copy sitting here: (URL) 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 (...) (17 years ago, 20-Jul-07, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)

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