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Re: My first model,please look
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 07:48:06 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Brad Hamilton writes:
That's nice.

Have you considered rendering it with POV-RAY?  This is a free program that
is relatively easy to use and provides much better display than MLCAD.  You
still use MLCAD for all the editing, but then you run POV-RAY to create a
nicer display.

You must use a program called L3P to convert from the LDRAW .dat format to
the POV-RAY (.pov) format.  I use a wrapper called LP3AO that provides a
windows interface to L3P.  Look on Lugnet.cad.dev for more info on this.

The other information about using POV-RAY can be found on www.ldraw.org.

Brad

Hi,
I downloaded POV-RAY and didn't exactly understand it,its the type of
program where most comands are type written,I'm not verry good at that and I
don't like it either. I know the model would look great because the original
model was done that way.I have a couple of other models that I will be
putting up on the site this next month,I'll post a message when they're up.

Cheers
Gary



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  Re: My first model,please look
 
Hi, You actually don't have to understand much about POV-RAY to use it. Just download L3P. You run that to covert the.dat file to a .pov. Then, you just open the file in the POV-RAY program, and select a resolution from the combo-box on the upper (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: My first model,please look
 
Gary, I don't care for command line parameter either. I created a simple batch file and called it CONVERT.BAT There is a variable, so all you type is CONVERT FILENAME No need for an extension. Also you'll have to change the directories. If you would (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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  Re: My first model,please look
 
That's nice. Have you considered rendering it with POV-RAY? This is a free program that is relatively easy to use and provides much better display than MLCAD. You still use MLCAD for all the editing, but then you run POV-RAY to create a nicer (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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