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Re: Creating Building Instructions for LARGE 40x40+ baseplate models
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lugnet.publish
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Sun, 21 Apr 2002 21:21:04 GMT
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I'm playing with this problem but, I can't offer anything helpful.
I'm curious, what do you use to convert to .pdf?
Gary
Ahui Herrera <jedi_agh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Guq3p4.45v@lugnet.com...
> Has anyone created building instructions using MEGA-POV, POV or something
> else for big models? I've been sucessful so far using the following
> combination for small/medium models:
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> 1) Create in Ldraw (.ldr)
> 2) Convert using L3PAO (.pov)
> 3) Render using Mega.POV (.png)
> 4) Insert into PowerPoint (.ppt) [I have a instruction template in PPT]
> 5) Convert to .pdf for posting
>
> The images I render in pov are 320x240. Using this scale I can fit 4 • images
> per powerpoint slide. This is okay for small models but if the model is • too
> big then I move up to 640x480 (allowing only 2 images per slide).
>
> The best example of what my final work looks like is here:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=15360 Download the .pdf • file.
>
> The problem I am now having is that for big models (models using • baseplates
> of 32x32 or higher) a 640x480 image is just not good enough. I've broken
> down my big model into many sub-models but it's still no good. Too many
> sub-models, camera angle off, zooming issues, etc...
>
> What have people done to help in making building instructions for bigger
> models? The only constraint to the question is that the FINAL file MUST • be PDF.
>
> Thanks, AHui
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