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Subject: 
Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
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lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray
Date: 
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 23:21:48 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Erik Olson writes:

In a nutshell, 'namespaces'.

Switching among parts libraries to get different versions (or different
data) should be an application capability, not the individual part file.

I'm not following.  Are you agreeing with the idea of using embedded POV-Ray
code, or having separate file libraries?  I *think* you agree with the
second, am I right?

The one thing we gain by having embedded POV-Ray code is the ability to have
a portion of a part be done directly in POV-Ray, instead of doing the entire
file in POV-Ray.

Steve



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
 
(...) Right! I have always thought of the "0 IFNDEF L3PPOV" as a way to utilize most of the normal LDraw lines (that L3P can convert to equivalent POV code) and only replace a small tricky curvy section by some POV code that would look better. This (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
  Re: Inline POV-Ray code?  [DAT]
 
I see now that your problem is difficult to solve. Sorry I tried to put it into a nutshell, Steve. My preference would be to design an auxiliary file for each case, and markup the LDRAW part in a very general way, so that future programs could (...) (23 years ago, 1-Mar-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)

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  Re: Inline POV-Ray code?
 
In a nutshell, 'namespaces'. Switching among parts libraries to get different versions (or different data) should be an application capability, not the individual part file. (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)

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