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--snip-- (...) Nope. =( It will render the animation in a movie file format (..mpg, .avi, etc..) when you are done. LD4DModler does not go the route of frame-by-frame animation as POV-Ray does, it uses 3D modeling. (The following text comes from a (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Here's what I use when I'm rendering parts: camera { orthographic sky -y right -4/3*x location <100,-60,100>*100 look_at <0,20,0> angle 1 } Change the location and look_at to suit your tastes. Note that I multiply the location by 100. I work (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) If you just do a straight "L3P model.dat," then you're right; the whole model fits very nicely in the camera's view (though a little fish-eyed, I find). But if you switch the view to orthographic, the model can appear a bit off-center and (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) As long as you let L3P calculate the camera distance, the whole model should be visible, and (mostly) fill the frame. I just copied the L3P auto-camera algorithm into LDView, and it works consistently for me with camera angles ranging from 0.1 (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Ahui showed me that site just the other day; that guy is wonderful. My brain hurts. I'd be very, very interested in seeing some tutorials on your animations, Steve. I watched your entire Brickshelf animation collection a couple days ago and (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Hello I dont have much experience with writing programs. But I am working on writing a tutorial on how to make animations with povray using the clock, transform, and rotate commands. Maybe a couple of weeks. For now this is the best site I (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I've run into this problem, and my caveman-sophistication led me simply to translate the object a little to put it back in line with the look_at coordinates. Even so, I often have to change the "PCT" value to 5 or 10 to accommodate all of my (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Don't you then have to move the camera a ways back to get all your objects in the image compared to larger camera angles? This is what I tend to do, long ways away, small canera angle (anaogous to "telephoto" in real photogs, the images there (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Using orthographic does not always work. You can get the same effect by seeing the camera angle to 0.1 Kevin (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Just add the word orthographic. You may have to adjust the location. camera { orthographic location <708.303,-747.057,-563.561> sky -y right -4/3*x look_at <176.812,4.58475,-32.0701> angle 67.3801 rotate <0,1e-5,0> } Steve (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) In the camere code block, uncomment "orthographic." You may have to play with the camera location and look_at, because the camera appears to move when you render in orthographic mode, but that does the trick. Also, higher values for angle (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hi All, I should know this ... what's the trick for turning off "perspective", if you will, so that you can do a straight-on side view? That is, to remove the "vanishing into the horizon" effect? ISO views, is that what it's called? Ugh ... HELP! -s (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I'm curious. Have you used L4DModeller? If not, have a look here: (URL) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hi, it is possible to animate MLCad models. But there is one thing that makes it hard to do so. There is no good export filter from LDRAW to other programs than Pov Ray available. What I have done is this: creating a model in MLCAD / LDRAW exporting (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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(...) Hello, In my opinion one of the most useful feature in a lego animation software could be "model patterns". I mean the user declares "it's a car model" then he can order the doors to open/close, the car to run/stop and the driver to get (...) (21 years ago, 23-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hello, Are there any software developers out there who would be interested in collaborating on a project with me to design, develop and produce software for CGI LEGO animation? I'm thinking something along the lines of an MLCad GUI, coupled with (...) (21 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) The error occurs with this code from the your file: #if (QUAL > 0) #declare _4319_dot_dat_slope = object { // Hinge Bar 8 with Split Rod Holder lg_4319_slope matrix <0,0,-20/LG_BRICK_WIDTH, -20/LG_BRICK_WIDTH,0,0, 0,-24/LG_BRICK_HEIGHT,0, (...) (21 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hi, I've just been getting familiar will LCad & POV-Ray the past few days and things have been moving along fine but recently I've run into a problem with a certain model/piece. In using the LGEO library's I get a lot of undeclared identifier's when (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Bingo! There's my problem: not enought constraints. I have been using very few constraints to make my wires, because I thought they turned out better that way - boy was I wrong! Thanks a million for the tip! David J. Perdue (...) (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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In lugnet.cad.ray, David Perdue wrote: David, This problem is tops of the list of things to fix. Kevin (21 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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