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Re: Custom Built LEGO Sets in 2002
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Date: 
Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:25:20 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote in message ...
In lugnet.cad, Charles Eric McCarthy writes:
For free software MLCad is great.  I used it to create a set.
However, in my experience the output was of horrible quality.
Even though I used the highest resolution, it lost most of the
horizontal lines between layers of bricks, and I spent lots of time
in a paint program drawing lines back in.

I don't have as much of a problem with that, but it's not as high quality • as
I'd like.

I use LDLite for the rendering. There's a -W parameter that lets you
increase the width of the lines when drawing at higher resolutions, which is
a big help. You can get it here: http://www.gyugyi.com/l3g0/ldlite/

Kevin



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  Re: Custom Built LEGO Sets in 2002
 
(...) I don't have as much of a problem with that, but it's not as high quality as I'd like. Long term I think the ability to plug in different render engines is in plan. I do see this as a bit of a problem and would be interested in the opinions of (...) (24 years ago, 8-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad)

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