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Re: LGEO and MLCAD colors
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Thu, 13 Sep 2001 21:55:04 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ray, Lutz Uhlmann writes:
> Hi all,
Hi Lutz! :)
> If noticed a lot people having problems with MLCAD and POV-Ray colors using
> the LGEO library. So as I got a bunch of new colors to be included, there
> is need for a solution.
Great!
> The colors defined in "lg_cols.tab" are aligned to the color code numbers
> used in LDraw, which seems not to be used so much anymore. As MLCAD becomes
> more common it makes sense to use this color definitions.
You could include both...
> The problem with this is the missing generality in colors, as there are the
> first 16(?) colors fixed as the same ones in LDraw, but others missing
> or used improperly. There is a color code reserved as "tan" in MLCad but
> people often report part they colored tan to be shown light blue (currently
> used as undefined color in LGEO).
You can refer to the LDraw FAQ for various color numbers. The >16 numbers
aren't recognized by LDraw, but are recognized by LDLite, L3P (I think),
MLCAD, and L3Lab.
For RGB values, I would use Suzanne Rich's charts at www.baseplate.com/colors.
> And what about those new colors ? the new light blue, light violett, cream
> or trans pink ?
If you are the first to assign LDraw color-codes to these new colors, be
sure to send your list to Jacob, so he can add it to the LDraw FAQ. :)
> Also are all color code above 32 marked as transparent in MLCAd, which
> restricts the few less used codes for solid colors.
Besides the low range of numbers, you can also use color codes in the range
256-511. I posted a DAT file awhile ago that can be used to display these
dithered colors in any of the LDraw programs. Pick values that seem
reasonably close to your colors, and check the FAQ to make sure they aren't
assigned to other LEGO colors.
> Personall, I'd like more the color codes than usign RGB colors since this
> makes
> it a lot easier. Just need to set a mark, than examining each color for
> transparency or other properties.
I agree.
Steve
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| Steve: (...) Not quite right. LDraw recognises colours 0-15, 32-47 and some mixed colours up around 255 (255-510?). (...) Yes, please. Play well, Jacob -- Linux turns ten Monday. Time to celebrate. (23 years ago, 15-Sep-01, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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