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Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
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lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Fri, 14 Jan 2005 20:46:17 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.ray, James Reynolds wrote:
To get this from L3P, it would need to recognize separate models and place each
model in a macro block instead of an object block.  So right now, l3p declares
models like this:

colors are defined

individual parts are defined

the model is defined

the model is created and placed

floor

background

camera

lights

In the coming L3P each section is tagged with POV comments like
//// ModelObject
//// Camera
//// Lights
exactly to help cutting out the interested POV code.

The significant thing about that is the addition of the (), which allows you to
put your values in there.  What would be really cool is if we could declare
pivot points/rotation axis/unions in LDraw and have L3P carry them into the POV
document.

I'm reluctant to adding too much complexity into L3P
to suit different special needs.

I think it would be the most flexible for all parties
to keep L3P as a simple DAT->POV converter,
where you can cut model POV code from.
Different applications can then compose their own POV files
based on their own control data file.
/Lars
PS. If it can help you I might consider changing L3P to generate macros (without any arguments)
in stead of declarations. I don't know the impact of this - I'll have to investigate...



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  Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
 
(...) Yeah, it'd be very cool if L3P had an option to generate include files instead of full scenes. That way, people could run all their various model files through L3P to generate the definitions in include files. Then they could use all those (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: Restart of LDA2001 Project (using LDraw models - L3P - POV)
 
(...) I guess we would have to work with Lars on that. Because your app is in Delphi, I would be interested in the syntax you develop. Implementing on different platforms is not as big of a deal in my opinion. I am mostly interested in this because (...) (20 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation, lugnet.cad.dev)

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