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  The General Lee
 
haha! the general lee is complete! go to (URL) to see it. hope you all like it -Philip Kostka seahaus@znet.com (24 years ago, 6-May-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)  
 
  Re: New to digital LEGO
 
(...) From the thumbnails, your pics look pretty nice. However, I don't have the patience to download 3+ Mb bitmap files. Please consider saving your renderings as JPG files, and compress them to 150 Kb or less. --Bram (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: New to digital LEGO
 
(...) If you're in LEdit: One thing you need to figure out is where your center of rotation is. By default, it's on <0,0,0>, but you can move it around. Personally, I keep a fake part line (e.g. 0.DAT) and move that around to help setting the center (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.cad)
 
  New to digital LEGO
 
Hi folks, I've just picked up the challenge of using Ldraw, L3P, and POV-ray. At (URL) you can see my first crack results. They are crude by the standards of some of your works, but I'm pretty excited about how little time it took to run through the (...) (24 years ago, 2-May-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Moving an object in a scene
 
I got around to trying your tips Brams and they worked like a charm. The result can be seen here (URL) again (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Moving an object in a scene
 
Thanks, I'll give that a try. Jason (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Moving an object in a scene
 
(...) Apparently, you already discovered that the object { my_model_dot_dat ... } line is the line that places the object. You can add all sorts of scaling, rotation, and translation to this line by adding "scale" "rotate" and "translate" modifiers. (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Moving an object in a scene
 
In POV-Ray how does one go about changing the position of a model in the scene. I've figured out how to move the camera around, but can't figure out how to move an object. Any help would be appreciated. Also what do I need to do to add a 2nd model (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Transformable Fighter G2
 
(...) Oops! [1] - Robotech term for a Veritech in a state between battroid and jet modes, with the arms out and lower leg sections down on the ground. (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.build)
 
  Transformable Fighter G2
 
I finially finished modeling everything movable of my transformable fighter. So far it has only been seen in jet mode, but now it can be seen in guardian [1] and mecha/robot mode, along with its sword! I have rendered a bunch of images today in (...) (24 years ago, 29-Apr-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.build) ! 
 
  Re: problems w/ L3P
 
L3P is a DOS program. You can NOT run it by double-clicking on it in the Explorer. You must run it in a DOS window (a DOS-box). Open a DOS window (Start/Programs/MS-DOS-prompt) There are two requirements to run L3P: 1) DOS must know where to find (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: problems w/ L3P
 
(...) nyhedsmeddelelse:FtJ...net.com... (...) the (...) key (...) Sorry but I know almost nothing about MS-DOS so could you help me out? I got the DOS box up, but not w/ L3P -kyle |¯¯¯| | | (@ @) +--------oOO---(_)---...---+ | / (URL) \ | |/ \| |\ (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: problems w/ L3P
 
open up the ms-dos prompt to use l3p type l3p c:\lego\Ldraw\models...elnamehere don't use .dat after the model name (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Problem with 1-4con1.dat
 
Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote... (...) The FAQ says: 32 Transparent dark grey but shouldn't it be 32 Transparent black (?!) 40 Transparent dark grey (as Franklin W. Cain suggested) The transparent X-Wing cockpit is a bit brownish, so perhaps 40 would (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: problems w/ L3P
 
Kyle Keppler <hifiki@yahoo.com> skrev i en nyhedsmeddelelse:FtJ...net.com... (...) It looks to me as you start L3P by double-clicking on it in the Explorer. As Anders Isaksson answered some-one else in lugnet.cad: (...) L3P is a DOS program. You (...) (24 years ago, 26-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: L3P and part no 30359
 
John VanZwieten wrote... (...) Correct. The problem was discovered a long time ago, and I blame myself that I haven't released an official fix yet. Unfortunately in v1.1 the 1-4 cones are clipped by a too small box, {<0,-1,0>,<2,2,2>} rather than (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Tie Fighter render
 
(...) Mike, i am trying to e-mail you the pov files at cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com and i get a mail that your address can't be contacted. Do you have another address where i can send the files ? George (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: problems w/ L3P
 
(...) the (...) key (...) See I would try that but no matter what key I press the program terminates and won't let me type any thing! ___...___ | - Kyle | ¯¯¯...¯¯¯ O |¯¯¯| o | |o (@ @) +--------oOO---(_)---...---+ | / (URL) \ | |/ \| |\ (...) (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: Problem with 1-4con1.dat
 
Lars: (...) It's colour 32. (...) The FAQ suggests <0.4, 0.4, 0.4, 0.9>, but I don't know how well it works. Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- ---...--- (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
 
  Re: problems w/ L3P
 
(...) I would bet that you need to change the LDRAWDIR setting from: c:lego\Ldraw to c:\lego\Ldraw Notice the backslash after 'c:'. Steve (24 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)


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