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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)
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Hi, I'm not sure I completely understand what you mean by "angle." There is something called "angle" that actually controls the the type of "lense" that you are using (i.e. a wide angle verses a telephoto). These settings are independent. The angle (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, I haven't been working with MLCad too long, but I have run into the same sort of problems. Here is one suggestion that I have that works well, I think. If you are working on a large model, you can "hide" a whole bunch of pieces that are on a (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Brad makes some good suggestions. The biggest one, I think, is to USE SUBASSEMBLIES. That is, make your main model an MPD and make lots of smaller sections that you assemble into one overall. when you are working on a subassembly you are only (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hi, I have just one quick question, does this work with all camera angles? i.e. if the angle parameter were set to 10 degrees? Thanks in advance Jay Jacinto (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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A few messages ago, I brought up a technique for setting camera positions in POV-RAY by setting up light source objects in MLCAD. I had heard this from someone else. Another person suggested just setting the coordinates by getting moving the mouse (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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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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I have the same problems! Fortunately, there are several things you can do to speed things up: - First of all, make sure you have the very latest MLCAD release ( 1.99 ) - If you didn't download it in the last week, then its old. The older version (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, I'm new to MLCAD and I'm wondering how I can speed things up. The Star Destroyer model I'm working on is rather large (5,000+ bricks in the skeleton alone !) and it takes several seconds for each screen redraw. Is there a way to just work with (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, please have a look at my first mlcad model: (URL) me know what you think! Thanks Gary (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hi, I got the new version of mlcad, and finnaly figured out how to add new parts, but I've got a question has any one made a motorcycle piece?(the 2 wheeled type) Gary (URL) (24 years ago, 28-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD/L3P/POVRAY Camera Tricks (was: re: More detail pictures of my condominium)
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"Royce Fay" <royce.fay@home.com> wrote in message news:lpnhvskut9763ci...4ax.com... (...) That's even easier! It's true when they say that you learn something every day :) Dan (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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That sounds like a simpler technique. I'll have to give that one a shot! Thanks Royce Fay <royce.fay@home.com> wrote in message news:lpnhvskut9763ci...4ax.com... (...) specific (...) 2 (...) you (...) They (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: MLCAD/L3P/POVRAY Camera Tricks (was: re: More detail pictures of my condominium)
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Hmmm I actually create my rendered files a little differently. If you use MLCAD, you most certainly can see the x,y,z co-ordinates in the bottom left corner when you move the mouse around in the Top, Down, Left, Right, Front and Back "View Angles" (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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The options for rotation points don't seem to be working 100%. The rotations themselves seem perfect, but the point of rotation selection options are having some trouble. I would assume that the "Part Center" option means that the part will rotate (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) The (...) Jeff, I'm glad you picked up on that. But we're not the company who printed "transparent" in catalogs that are arguably older than both of us. :) James J. (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) of (...) show (...) Thanks for mentioning the LDraw FAQ. At the bottom of my own LDraw page (URL), I've clipped the chapters involving colors and inserted a few of my own color alternatives which should work on either LDraw, MLCad, or POV-Ray. (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Okay, I'll concede to that... but I'm still calling it translucent ;) J (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) That's not the way I learned the difference between transparent and translucent. So, I dug out my mini dictionary and looked 'em up: Transparent: "Capable of transmitting light so that objects and images beyond can be clearly perceived." (...) (24 years ago, 24-Oct-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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