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Re: Rendering chrome pieces in POV-Ray
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Wed, 11 Nov 1998 08:55:12 GMT
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Fredrik Glöckner (fredrik.glockner@bio.uio.no) wrote:
| I can't recall having seen any LDraw models rendered in POV-Ray using
| chrome pieces, so I thought I'd show an example how it can be done.

Nice picture.

You could also have checked the LDraw FAQ. There is a section on colours (at
<URL:http://fys.ku.dk/%7Esparre/LEGO/V%E6rkt%F8j/LDraw-FAQ.html#question-27>)
where chrome is listed as:

      LDraw: 383
      RGB: 204 204 204

I haven't checked if l2p and l3p translates colour 383 to something that
resembles chrome. Lutz? Lars?


Play well,

Jacob

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Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Rendering chrome pieces in POV-Ray
 
(...) Ah, I just checked the LEdit manual, which only listed the first 16 colours... Thanks for the info! Fredrik (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.publish)
  Re: Rendering chrome pieces in POV-Ray
 
(...) Sorry for answering this article twice. I just checked the FAQ more thoroughly, and noted that 7*16 + 15 + 256 = 383, that is, 383 is a dithered colour consisting of white and grey. So if a conversion tool converted this to a mirrory, shiny (...) (26 years ago, 11-Nov-98, to lugnet.publish)

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  Rendering chrome pieces in POV-Ray
 
I can't recall having seen any LDraw models rendered in POV-Ray using chrome pieces, so I thought I'd show an example how it can be done. One way is to use one unique colour for the chrome pieces when compiling the model in LDraw. After doing the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Nov-98, to lugnet.publish)

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