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Mike, In the first image, there are no shadows. What you see are reflections. The reflection of the smoke stack on the top of the engine compartment looks like a shadow because the smoke stack is darker than the abient light you see other places. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad.ray)
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"Kevin Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H90Moo.MrA@lugnet.com... (...) into (...) I (...) etc, (...) Let's add a Tcl scripting interface! Actually, it isn't a bad idea. I would think some of the processing steps I am thinking (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad.ray)
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"Kevin Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H90L2r.HM2@lugnet.com... (...) 2.0.1.5 (...) [ ... snipped ... ] That is good news. I suppose I should look closer at the generated POV code before making assumptions! It must be the (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Mike, I like the external POV post processor idea a lot, although I'll try not to use it as a catch all for denying LPub enhancements ;-) It would be a command line mechanism with command line arguments. I can see these things being possibly useful (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad.ray)
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Mike, LPub has always used shadowless lights for building instructions. 2.0.1.5 also has the ability to override ambient, diffuse and specular reflections default values created by L3P. I now turn reflections off, set ambient to 0.7 and diffuse to (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Well, tried that and still nothing. Also tried changing the L3P color to Sand Green, and still nothing. Anyone else have any ideas? Jake --- Jake McKee LEGO Enthusiast Webmaster - B.I. Portal (URL) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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"Kevin Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H8zv6n.n1z@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) using (...) [ ... snipped ... ] I have a include file that I use for lighting. It defines a shadowless light source that (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) LPub already post processes the POV files quite a bit, so doing some more might not be a bad thing. I've thought about providing for a list of simple text substitutions, that are blindly applied to the POV file, but these would be limited to (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad.ray)
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When you use LPub, try to specify a color other than gray in the L3P->Model configuration tab. I've had some success with this method in L3P. Travis Dickinson (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad.ray)
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"Jake McKee" <sink@countersinkdg.com> wrote in message news:H8zqBB.8By@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] Wouldn't it be nice if LPub had a feature to allow some user interaction or automated process to run on the POV code (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) I like the fact the it doesn't use the registry. This mean I can move the LDRAW directory around at will and have to worry about flargging Windows not being able to update itself. You would think something as basic as update all the registry (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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(...) without changing POV code. I have been using LPub (and loving it) and of course, can't modify the POV code. Is there a way to add Sand Green (and other custom colors for that matter) to the colors.inc file to avoid this? Or some other (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst, lugnet.cad.ray)
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I agree that it should ask. For example I keep my LDraw files in C:\Program Files\LDraw and MLCAD in C:\Program Files\MLCAD. It was a little awkward to set up, but it works great. If LDraw used a proper Windows installer then this wouldn't be an (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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(...) Another issue is the ownership of the changes. Do you wish to require authors who contribute changes to assign ownership of the changes to you? If you do not, then the program becomes partly owned by you and all whose code you have accepted (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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(...) Yeah, I didn't think that it was an Lpub issue, most certainly a POV issue. I am really curious hwo to fix this without resorting to using L3P and POV without Lpub. I've become addicted! :) Jake --- Jake McKee LEGO Enthusiast Webmaster - B.I. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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Øyvind, I don't think there is a way around this situation in MLCAD. I added PLIST BEGIN IGN meta-command to LPub, to ignore the second occurrence of parts, but I know of no way to do this in MLCAD. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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This is a bit old thread, but I wonder if sombody can answer me how this Buffer Exchange command affects the partlist? I just found out how to make subassemblies and then put the subasembly part into the main model by first using Buffer Exchange (...) (22 years ago, 19-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.inst)
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Hi Mike, I've wanted the sub-model selection stuff you talked about for a while also (whether you use MPD or not.) I think it would be very handy. I think that the form of this solution is in a GUI addition to LPub itself, where you get a list of (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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"Kevin Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H8vv2I.6M3@lugnet.com... (...) paradigm. (...) them (...) I have added lugnet.inst to this post as there seems to be a lot of LPub related traffic in that group and the topic of my post (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) My style is to do most of the building (and therefore most of the steps) in sub-models and then merge the sub-assemblies into the final assembly in a few steps in the top level file. I use as many levels of sub-models as is necessary. I never (...) (22 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) OK the installer is slightly less sucky, because now it puts the parts in the LDRAW\Parts directory. Kevin (22 years ago, 18-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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An interesting philosophical question about instruction approaches... Does anyone have any thoughts on or examples of instructions that are organized in a hierarchy as opposed to linearly? Where an instruction hierarchy would start with the building (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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I totally agree with all these comments. This especially rears it's head when doing passenger coaches where I've use the same sub model 36 times in s set of 4 coaches! Which brings up an interesting philosophical question about instruction (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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"Kevin Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H8vFL3.9Js@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) it to (...) I don't see any down side to doing that. Mike -- Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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(...) I remembered this issue the other day and was surprised no one had asked about it. (...) I like the idea of creating the seperate picture, but would prefer to add it to the screen web pages also. (...) Thanks Mike, Kevin (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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I've run into this problem before using Pov-Ray. What you need to do is find the line that calls the complete model (will be just before the camera statement) and remove the #if statement. For example: Remove #if (version >= 3.1) material #else (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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(...) Installers are highly uninspiring, but I will fix this for the next release (which will happen as soon as I fix and test the installer.) Kevin (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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I really like your tool, it will save me a lot of time and struggling and allow mw to add to my models I do, hower have a a comment on the installer you use, it sucks.. instead of placing the parts in the correct parts directories it placed them in (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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"Kevin Clague" <kevin_clague@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:H8t9F9.BAt@lugnet.com... (...) parts (...) in (...) was (...) Yeah! I have seen this with many of the train models I have created. In one case I used a sub-model 8 times and LPub (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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Hi Ahui, If you are still having problems, just email an example that does not work, or post it here. I will figure it out and get back to you. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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Hi Dave, Right now the installer is too simple. It needs to know where the LDraw directory is, so it can add some parts to your parts directory. It does a simple search for this: LDRAW\MKLIST.EXE on your hard disks. It cannot find it. I'd guess one (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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Bill, My initial thought is.... what are the chances that someone will find a commercial use for this program? But in thinking about it more, I have no idea how far other contributing authors will take this program, so out of respect for their (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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(...) Try using L3P and POV-Ray without LPub, because I'd be surprised if it was an LPub issue. If it works without LPub please let me know. Could it be that L3P doesn't know how to map the Sand Green color to RGB? (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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All, I have built a model in MLCad in Sand Green. Using LPub, I rendered out the main image and rather than Sand Green, the color came out light gray. How can I make sure that it renders in Sand Green? Thanks! Jake --- Jake McKee LEGO Enthusiast (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: My first instructions online
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(...) Rob, I like it! I wouldn't change a thing. Kevin (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.trains)
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I posted my first set of instructions to get the feel of all this great software you gurus are coming up with. It is an end of line bumper for the end of a train track. Feedback is welcome whether good, bad, or ugly! (URL) on the "Creations" (...) (22 years ago, 17-Jan-03, to lugnet.inst, lugnet.trains)
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(...) GPL is the best in terms or preserving the author's rights. Public Domain is a bad idea - it means you surrender any rights to the software, and people can then basically use it to build their own commercial programs and wouldn't owe you (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Seeking input on reused user parts in building instructions
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Hi Will, As I was writing the original post, I realized that I had a question for myself, does the X4 go on the image itself, or does it go in the web pages generated by LPub. If I make it go into the web pages, then I think it leaves more (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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(...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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While it is a great idea to supress the multiple rendering of the same steps, I'm not sure there is really any added value to displaying the "x4" on the last step. I find that I always take a pass through the final rendered instruction images, in my (...) (22 years ago, 16-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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