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Re: LPub Question
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lugnet.inst
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Fri, 12 Mar 2004 16:26:57 GMT
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In lugnet.inst, Jason Spears wrote:
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Why is it then when I tell LPub to create the “Layouts” it makes the parts
needed for this step box HUGE, but the images that shows where they go in the
step tiny?
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/spearjr/MichLUG/2004-03-20-CKM/back_1_04_ci.jpg
Am I doing something wrong? Is there a place to modify this setting? Could
it be a problem with my .mpd file?
If this is solvable, I’m looking forward to posting instructions to this
little house soon, which would be my first instructions created with LPub.
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The issue you are grappling with has to do with scale.....
Since you give me no information to work with I have to guess.
I’d guess that your model is very large, so L3P places the camera very far back
to make sure that all of the model is visible when rendered. Since the scale is
large, the rendering size of a stud is quite small. This would explain how
scale affects the size of the construction image. LPub provides manual control
called “Minimum Camera Distance” that you can use to keep construction image
constant across all sub-models and complete model.
LPub has ways to control the scale of the parts rendered in the part list image.
This mechanism *also* provides a “minimum Camera Distance” to allow you to force
the camera to back up from parts being rendered for part list images. Please
adjust this image to larger numbers to get the camera to back up.
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Also the file turns out HUGE. I think I know where that setting is, but a
helpful hint would be nice. File size isn’t bad, just the pixels, which I
can resize, but then my font gets all tiny. I do know where to edit that.
But so far I have left it at the default of 22 (24? something like that).
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I presume you mean the construction image is huge. There are two things that
control it’s size: format, and resolution. Format can either be bitmap or
JPEG. Resolution is arbitrary and controlled by you. If you are using the
latest version of LPub (I presume you are) *and* you are using LPub’s callout
features, then you will want to stick with bitmap format, as JPEG can have a
negative impact on backround color consistancy.
I hope this helps. I’m at a slight disadvantage here in that I have a new
desktop here without LPub installed, and my laptop (which has LPub on it) is
totally disassembled while I chase a power problem. I just moved, so my books
are buried in the garage. Other than that I’d be happy to provide you with less
ambiguous help.
Kevin
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| (...) OK, my laptop is back together and I have enough battery to give more concrete information. In the "Building Instructions"->"Steps" tab, there is a "Minimum Camera Distance". This one can effect the scale of construction images. It cannot the (...) (20 years ago, 13-Mar-04, to lugnet.inst, FTX)
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