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| Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) I quite like both lens2 and lens3. I'd say "bigger sun" but you're probably right about lighting anomalies. On another note, I've never understood the fascination many people have with using those space (...) (24 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) OK, I added some lens flares: (URL) one looks best? Are the flares too big? Too bright? Badly placed? TIA, --Bram (24 years ago, 15-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Unfortunately, the include file does not take advantage of LGEO's transparent parts, patterns, or textures on slopes. --Bram (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| Here's my include file to use LGEO parts in L3P files. Feel free to make improvements. (Lutz and Lars, I hope this encourages you to automate the procedure...) (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad)
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| (...) Here's what I did: in MS-DOS, in the LGEO directory, I typed dir *.inc > lgeo.txt I opened the text file in Excel to grab the column of available part files. I reopened the text file and separated "lg_", the part #, and ".inc" into three (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| (...) I'm flattered! (...) Creates a problem if I ever build something you consider mediocre... (...) Thanks, I like it too. I spent forever wondering how I would make the wings at an interesting angle. (...) Any pictures? Reminds me, I need to get (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) It's rare that I can come up with such a detailed and multi-angled model without building it first. After all, building a model IRL is much more fun than assembling it virtually only... About the wing strength--you can only pick the model up (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) I read part of Dune, but I don't remember the description of the 'thopters... (...) Thanks! I'll post a DAT file to cad.dat.models so you can see if you have the parts. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| Bram Lambrecht <braml@juno.com> wrote in message news:20000413.215143...uno.com... (...) There's interest here. Can you explain more about what you did and how to use it in an L3P'd file? -John Van (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Holy Dingo's Kidneys, you're right! (1) It looks dead-on to what an ornithopter should look like. And I just happen to be reading Dune again, anyway... :-, Cheers, - jsproat 1. At Sproat Labs, we're always trying to invent a better "me too". (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Your ship also resembles my vision of a "'thopter" from Frank Herbert's Dune series... Very cool....I wonder if I have the parts to build one?.... hmmmm (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) (sorry to reply to myself: I just saw this question had come up in the one reply I hadn't read yet. Figures! ;) ) LFB (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Wow, Bram. That ship is magnificent (but by now we expect nothing less from you!)--and the wing mount is very inventive; I like it a lot. A couple questions: does the geometry really work that conveniently in the "real built world," and do (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) I have Photoshop on a CD that I lost :/ I used Corel PhotoPaint, which has all the same features as Photoshop, to play with the lens flare (not only can I choose the brightness, I can also choose the lens type!)[1]. Right now I'm rendering the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Do you have Photoshop? You can place a lens flare anywhere and also adjust the brightness. If you don't, you could email me a pic and I could drop one on it for you. ~Mark (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) Hey, I like that name! I just might call it that. Thanks! (...) I have built it. It does work :) (...) Yeah, I played with a lens flare glare off of the canopy, but it didn't look great. I'm afraid if I place a sun in the picture, the lighting (...) (24 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| Bram Lambrecht wrote in message ... (...) wind or (...) Heh, as soon as I saw you picture I was reminded of the name "Sunjammer". You see on Mike Oldfield's "Tubular Bells 2" album there's a track called "Sunjammer". I always thought it would be a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) They actually stay on quite well. However, when attaching the wings, you have to hold the model steady because with just one wing, it's very unbalanced. I wouldn't try to hold the model by one wing, but then again, you wouldn't do that for (...) (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) ...Quite elegant looking :-) nice! I like the way the 'wings' are attached, I may just have to borrow that idea and see what I can do about it :-) ...you can go back to ignoring me now... wubwub stephen f roberts wamalug guy ((URL) #160 (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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| (...) How strong are those wings, held on by only two studs? Alan (24 years ago, 12-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.publish, lugnet.space, lugnet.build)
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