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(...) Hi - I could not download the windows version (404 error). I'm very interested in trying it. Could someone mail me a copy if they have it? Cheers PS: Lily Eight and several other programs will translate .rib into other 3d formats ... (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: wavy reflections
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Think "BUMPS" is on. It's at the start of your POV-file: #declare QUAL = 2; // Quality level, 0=BBox, 1=no refr, 2=normal, 3=studlogo #declare SW = 0.5; // Width of seam between two bricks #declare STUDS = 1; // 1=on 0=off #declare BUMPS = 1; // (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: wavy reflections
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um if it is ... i didn't purposefully set it to do that... -tk "Jeff Szklennik" <jeffszklennik@usaexpress.net> wrote in message news:HM9qzo.1uF0@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) > (...) are (...) realistic (...) (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) is it a random 'flaw' generator built in to the program for a more realistic look? Jeff (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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anyone know what's happening here? (URL) noticed that some of the reflections in the baseplate of the engine are wavy too. -tk (21 years ago, 5-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | 10030 Imperial Star Destroyer LDraw File
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What?!? You say. Someone actually was actually sadistic enough to model this in LDraw? Well the answer is yes and you can find it here: (URL) I have too much time on my hands or I am extremely bored, either way I have no life. -Orion P.S. I cheated (...) (21 years ago, 4-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.starwars) !!
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| | Re: Introducing JetRed
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/snip/ (...) Thanks for the suggestion, I will have to try that out for the rounded wedge pieces. As for my rant before, I am chalking that up to over reacting after a few rough days of life... Thanks for the encouragement. (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Work in progress - station scene
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I've put some images of my CAD work in progress, typical British urban/suburban (URL) station set in a cutting> on Brickshelf This intended to be a setting for rolling stock similar to (URL) Ben's bridge> but with the added advantage of the enclosed (...) (21 years ago, 2-Oct-03, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.loc.uk, FTX)
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| | Re: Detail on curved surfaces?
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(...) I see what you want to do, but cannot help you. You may want to try the newsgroups at povray.org, perhaps povray.newusers or povray.general The people there are very experienced and very helpful. /Lars (21 years ago, 30-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Help a guy out...
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went ahead and made a mod to this design and made a version for my lug. (URL) for the file wayne... -tk (21 years ago, 29-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.org.us.nelug, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Color Definition for Dull Silver
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How about dropping the AA ? So far, IIRC, no-one has ever used it. If another value than the default (0x80?) is wanted, it can be put into the MATERIAL section: transparent=25% The we will use the familiar LDraw color codes for both EdgeColor and (...) (21 years ago, 25-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Very cool! There was a guy from DreamWorks at SIGGRAPH who was looking for something like this. I'll be sure to pass it along! -Tim (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Ok, I was agreeing with your proposal to make it optional and relegate it to the end of the line with the MATERIAL properties. And hopefully it'll never be used, except possibly to reproduce a texture that's stippled in real life like the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hi there! Neither do I rendering nor am I enemy of POV-ray, still posting this: I've found an LDraw to RenderMan convertor here:(URL) it might be useful for, let's say, 0.5% of you ;) bye rob (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Color Definition for Dull Silver
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(...) Actually, I want to keep dithering. (...) Shrug. I dunno. (...) I'm OK with AARRGGBB, if everyone agrees with that. I'd recommend that programs recognize a variety of semi-standard formats, specifically: #AARRGGBB 0xAARRGGBB AARRGGBB (...) (21 years ago, 24-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Color Definition for Dull Silver
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(...) No it's not. If the render is old and not updated then it will never the ldconfig.ldr file anyhow, so the dithered colors in ledit and ldraw will never change. This is for the future. (...) That's still true, but you should be able to replace (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Rubber Colors Needed (Was: Color Definition for Dull Silver)
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(...) I seem to have a few of these white (sort of a chalky gray-white, in my collection) tires from the early 70's, but I have no idea which of my early sets included them. I always figured that the white color was simply a sign of degraded rubber. (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Rubber Colors Needed (Was: Color Definition for Dull Silver)
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OR... We could pick up the old 0 TEXTURE meta-command? No need for new volour numbers? (URL) for replying to myself) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) It's needed for backwards compability. Using an old/not updated renderer shouldn't make the rendering look awkward. But using a newer renderer should make it better. So is the case with grey rubber, black rubber, and electric conductor. When (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Rubber Colors Needed (Was: Color Definition for Dull Silver)
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(...) I saw that link at Brickshelf, too, and was very surprised. Never heard of that those tyres came in white. Samsonite maybe? I'm tempted to buy a couple just to satisfy my curiousity. Rubber belts have come in many colours, (URL) we need many (...) (21 years ago, 23-Sep-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.ray)
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