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(...) Ooops. I forgot to update the link. The new URL is: (URL) (20 years ago, 20-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) Don't get me wrong. Story based is exactly what I have in mind. (...) ... (...) The Siggraph movie is exactly what you see it is, showcases of models. Specifically, they are a collection of animations that are showcases. No attempt to tell a (...) (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Povray is not rendering the whole picture
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(...) Thanks for the help, it looks like I had spaces in the names and that was the problem. I forget that these programs are old outdated software that cant handle a little space in the name. Thnanks Dave (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) It seems like L3P does not find the path to the submodels(?) Are they all in the same folder? How are the files named? Any spaces in the filenames or paths? (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hello all I have built a multi part model in Mlcad and then use L3P add on to make a POV file. But it never renders the submodels. What am I doing wrong that makes POV not see the rest of the model? Dave (20 years ago, 19-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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In lugnet.animation, Stefan van Zwam wrote: [snip some stuff] (...) You're going off on James because his cool, amazing, exciting animation didn't tell a story? And then you're going to get down on the idea of creating new software tools to make it (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) What we try to do at brickfilms.com ("we" as in "most stop-motion animators", though I am somewhat more involved in Brickfilms.com's operation than some others) is to create movies in a more classical sense: story-based. What you have shown me (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) The coming L3P has also these new options: -ic[<file>] no camera, optional include file -il[<file>] no lights, optional include file So, l3p -ic -il model.ldr model.inc might just do what you want, assuming you still want color and primitive (...) (20 years ago, 18-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) Yeah, it'd be very cool if L3P had an option to generate include files instead of full scenes. That way, people could run all their various model files through L3P to generate the definitions in include files. Then they could use all those (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) I think I mean... I don't remember! (...) Maybe, but that's not really the problem to me. (...) output files) is having to hunt down all the include files! (...) I'd say let's start with camera.dat and lookat.dat. If we make them with lines (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) I had no idea that L3Lab had POV output, in spite the fact that I've been using it daily for years! Hmm, very intersting. The alternative approach that comes to my mind is: * LDA creates a static MPD file and runs it through L3P. * The output (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) I'd agree with this. But what I do with an L3Lab output (which is how I generate my static images in POV from LDraw files) is immediately strip the camera and viewpoint stuff out and make it into an .inc file, my main file just includes what (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPUB - POV problem
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(...) Hi Ludo, Actually there is a check box the lets LPub automatically overwrite files when splitting MPDs. I'm not at my LDraw computer right now, so I cannot tell you what it is called. Kevin (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) You mean LD4D and you or POV-Ray and you? (...) You really need to look at how POV-Ray does animation. It has all of this built in. I think one reason why animation is so hard is because L3P's output is overwhelming. It is not good for newbies (...) (20 years ago, 16-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LPUB - POV problem
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(...) From my use of LPUB, it seems when you have an MPD file that the program splits it into its individual LDR files before it renders everything. If you go into the directory where the mpd file is, you will probably find the LDR files that LPUB (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) Yes, that's why I also make this little humble program to see if my ideas work put to practice. (...) ... and that program crasches on all of my PC:s, expect the very first beta version he released... :(( (...) Maybe, maybe not. I recall James (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) I have no idea. Anton always include the ini with the pov file, so perhaps whatever tools come from this can just auto create the ini file as well. (...) Hey! Cool! I know the syntax alone wont be much good. If there aren't tools that use it, (...) (20 years ago, 15-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) I already am. :) I noticed that L3P already marks the beginning of these blocks: // Camera (Latitude,Longitude,Radius = 45,45,0) and // Lights: Now, I've asked Lars to let L3P also mark the ends of these blocks. (...) No it isn't. Btw, I'm (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) In the coming L3P each section is tagged with POV comments like //// ModelObject //// Camera //// Lights exactly to help cutting out the interested POV code. (...) I'm reluctant to adding too much complexity into L3P to suit different special (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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(...) Since L3P is released only every four years or so, it shouldn't be a problem :-) /Lars (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)
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