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    Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad —Alex Farlie
   (...) Rough idea for texture mapping options 0 TEXTURE START <fname> <quadized verison of texture-using parts if needed> 0 TEXTURE END A browser compatible with L-Draw woudl use the quad version ignoring the directive. Otherwise the bitmap in fname (...) (24 years ago, 1-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
   
        Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad —Michael Lachmann
     Farlie A <alex_farlie@hotmail.com> schrieb in im Newsbeitrag: G08CIH.6B1@lugnet.com... <SNIP> (...) I could agree on this. (...) obscure (...) Generally possible, but keep in mind that writing code for Gif/Jpeg could be a license issue. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 2-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
    
         Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad —Travis Cobbs
       "Michael Lachmann" <m.lachmann@xpoint.at> wrote in message news:G09Btz.8vC@lugnet.com... (...) That would work great for me, although it would make life easier if the TEXTURE START line included the points making up the four corners of the texture. (...) (24 years ago, 3-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
     
          Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad —Alex Farlie
      (...) (Hence the suggestionf making it a line type.) OK,Revised Suggestion. (Still needs Further Disscussion) 0 TEXTURE <fname> fname is name of the PNG/JPEG/BMP etc to be used instead of the *.DAT version. The extension of the file shall determine (...) (24 years ago, 4-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
     
          Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad —Steve Bliss
      (...) [snip] Urg. Why so wordy? Just do: 0 TEXTURE <position vector> <orientation matrix> <filename.type> [START <standard ldraw commands go here> 0 TEXTURE END] The <position vector> and <orientation matrix> parameters are identical to the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
     
          Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad —Travis Cobbs
       "Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:oekarsonpfetb7s...4ax.com... (...) I tend to agree about putting it all in 2 separate commands. However, I don't think a position vector and orientation matrix are appropriate. A texture is (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
      
           Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad —Steve Bliss
       (...) You are right. My approach assumed to much and restricted too much. (...) Good point. (...) OK. (...) Right. But if START is required, then it might as well be omitted. My purpose in having an optional START was to allow TEXTUREs without the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
     
          Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad) —Alex Farlie
      (...) Sorry, Computing course at college showing through. (We were told try and specify EVERYTHING. Unfotunatly there is no concrete defintion of what EVREYTHING is.) (...) Agreed, but with the following questions? (Assuming simple rectangular (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
     
          Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad) —Rui Manuel Silva Martins
       (...) I second this ideia, and I would also like to add that extra directories never hurt backwards compatibility. I also have to say that you I would like to remember that we should try to follow the path of the more experienced, like the creators (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
      
           Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad) —Rui Manuel Silva Martins
       (...) I orgot the Texture filename, so: 0 TEXTURE <texture_filename> <vector1> <vector2> <vector3> [<vector4>] So, Resuming again: 0 SET TEXTURE_WRAP on 0 MATRIX TEXTURE 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Load 0 TEXTURE my_texture1.png 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 16 (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
     
          Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad) —Steve Bliss
      (...) :) I know what you mean. (...) Hmm. There shouldn't be any need for 'nested' textures. Or is 'nested texturing' an area of texture-mapping that I don't know about? Steve (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
     
          Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad) —Travis Cobbs
      "Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:4gvcrs8kb1v5s0n...4ax.com... (...) cope (...) I can't think of any reason to "nest" textures. The only reasons I know of to draw multiple textures over one another are to produce different (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
     
          Re: Texture mapping spec? (was Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad) —Alex Farlie
      (...) This is what I meant by nested textres.- sub-textures. (...) You are right, I was wrong. However a more complex texture could be built up from simpler ones.(I.E No top level texture The sub texture being made up from simpler 'bitmaps') - This (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.cad.dev)
    
         Sv: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps (GIF License issue) —Mogens Sørensen
     As I remember. Another person had the same probleme with the GIF license. But he desided to let his program be freeware, and then it was not a probleme. So I think you could use the GIF format, as long as MLcad is freware. -- Djelle alias Mogens (...) (24 years ago, 4-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
    
         (canceled) —Jamie Obrien
   
        Re: Doing Patterns and Bitmaps in MLCad —Steve Bliss
   (...) No, that would be bad. If we're going to break compatibility with all existing programs, let's go a bit farther than just drawing bitmaps. Steve (24 years ago, 5-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
 

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