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Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Wed, 30 Aug 2000 06:42:59 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Jamie Obrien writes:
> Hi, i'm currently using MLCad alot and it's great.
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> However latelty i've been wanting to do some complex patterns and BMP2DAT
> doesn't quite do it for me (96 dpi doesn't give me enough resolution to play
> with). What i think would be a great feature is the ability to import a
> graphic file so that it can be used as an overlay during the creation of
> sticker style pieces. You could overlay it and change it's rotation and so on.
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> This might also allow some of us to do more of the decroated pieces, and even
> our own decorated pieces.
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> Thanks
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> Jamie
I could provide a MLCad specific bitmap element very quickly. This element
could be sized, moved and rotated. Internaly MLCad would handle this element
like a normal quad.
The disadvantage of this would be that no other program would be able to
understand this command unless someone would implement that into other
programs as well. However LDraw/LEdit would never be able to understand that
command.
The other possibility is that MLCad creates something out of the picture ..
e.g. a series of quads ..
HOW ARE SUCH PICTURES DONE CURRENTLY? With BMP2DAT?
I will think about that for one of the future versions of MLCad. The next
release however will not have it.
Michael
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| (...) BMP2DAT can be used as a start, but it's not generally viewed as a good final product. Other programs have an option to use a bitmap as a background image. That can be useful for drawing patterned parts. Steve (24 years ago, 30-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
| | | Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad
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| Well, assuming it's left in some bitmap format, I could update LDView to use a texture map to draw the image. However, adding bitmaps to a .DAT file in some ASCII format is going to make for some really big .DAT files. Alternatively, of course, it (...) (24 years ago, 31-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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