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Re: Datsville
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.cad, lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 3 Sep 1999 21:52:09 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.general, Ryan Dennett writes:
> > Very nice, John!! One thing that bugs me though is being able to
> > see grass through the windows. Would it be possible for you to
> > change that in an image editing program??
> 
> Well, people could make floors.  I understand that's a little weird,
> espeically when people are used to putting things on baseplates, but look at
> it this way.  Your house in the real world has a floor - why should your house
> in Datville be different?  :)


That will solve part of the problem, but since minifig homes often don't have
backs, you end up seeing right through the house.

Perhaps I could add glass to all the windows, then define the glass properties
in POV to reflect and refract the light beyond recognition.  Tips for doing
this are quite welcome.

-John Van



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  Re: Datsville
 
(...) house (...) <blink blink> Hadnt't even considered that. I make opening structures, but I guess that's a bit tricky in a .dat, isn't it? James (URL) (27 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
  Re: Datsville
 
(...) You could add a large quad to the back of each house...but then you can't see the interiors looking from the back. (...) Tips >for doing this are quite welcome. Wouldn't that add a lot to the rendering time? --Bram BTW, if you want some (...) (27 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)
  Re: Datsville
 
(...) Is there an easy way to tell POV that a given surface is a one way window type of deal? You could fill in missing walls with a surface which is totally transparent from the outside, and either a neutral color, or the interior color from the (...) (27 years ago, 7-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)

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  Re: Datsville
 
(...) Well, people could make floors. I understand that's a little weird, espeically when people are used to putting things on baseplates, but look at it this way. Your house in the real world has a floor - why should your house in Datville be (...) (27 years ago, 3-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general)

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