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(...) Hey- those look pretty darn good! I'll investigate this. The extra shadows from the lighting are still somewhat distracting, but that may be worth it. Thanks! -- Tony Hafner www.hafhead.com (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) Wow- I didn't realize there was a setting for this. I'll check it out. (...) MLCAD has a picture-generation dialog (there's an icon on the toolbar of a camera to bring it up). It lets you choose a few different options. I'm using this to (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) Don't go off haf-cocked, now! (...) I'm considering keeping the current scheme for the web-based version, and doing a set of the same renders at much higher dpi (300?). These files would have the same physical size and filenames. The existing (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) would be nice. -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish.html)
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Very nice! I could follow almost every step. Some suggestions: 1) As others have said, use numbers rather than arrows. 2) On some steps, the scale was too small, and I had trouble seeing exactly what bricks had been added. It's better to keep the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish.html)
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Looks good Tony, THe only thing I would recommend is some sort of navigation arrows to go forward and backward between the pages of the instructions. -chris (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) Good work! You can actually do POV-raytraced instructions without much extra effort. I have done that for my own instructions: (URL) trick is to use the "step" feature of L3P. Then L3P inserts clock statements the generated pov file. Thus you (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish.html)
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Tony Hafner <hafhead@PANTSplanetquake.com> wrote in message news:GpFzGx.ME2@lugnet.com... (...) is (...) contest. (...) <snip> (...) I'm not sure if you're using ldraw or MLcad, but it's fairly difficult to tell where borders between pieces are (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) Half a reason from Halfhead Hafner...sounds about half right... 8?D (...) with the following notes: (...) Definately looks good on screen...for on screen viewing, the screen resolution JPGs are fine. Sucks to print though...72dpi is 72dpi, no (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.publish.html)
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I've just finished the largest set of instructions I've ever done. This is for the Mobile Message Decoder, one of my entries in the Blacktron contest. Half of the reason I'm posting is to ask for input on the style of the instructions. Check it out (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jan-02, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish.html)
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| | Re: Attributes of the [A and] IMG tag[s] used in displaying the LUGNET logo
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Thanks to your tip, here is my candidate for an XHTML-compliant LUGNET banner anchor (hide the style declaration from Netscape 4 by including it in an imported style sheet, margin values optional): <style type="text/css"> img.bannerlugnet { (...) (23 years ago, 3-Jan-02, to lugnet.publish.html)
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| | Re: Attributes of the IMG tag used in displaying the LUGNET logo
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Deprecated does mean "not allowed" when one is validating a page against the strict DTD. It means "not prohibited" only against the Transitional DTDs. Thanks for the tips. (...) (23 years ago, 19-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) Well, I believe deprecated does not mean prohibited; it means that it is going to be prohibited in a future version, so you'll have to change it someday. Am I wrong about that? Does CSS offer an equivalent to this? It seems possible to me. I (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) I use Netscape Composer for actual page generation. Paint Shop Pro 5 for image editing, and Acdsee32 for imaging selection(1), renaming and viewing. -Jason (1) I have no skill at all with a camera, so I take double pictures of everything with (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish.html)
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| | Re: Attributes of the IMG tag [and A tag] used in displaying the LUGNET logo
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Er, I'll take as a valid point from between your non-standards-based rant tags that a web page should not need a user agent with scripting active to be usable. If I have understood the W3C's recommendations on this point, and all I'm trying to do (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) <rant> My only thought on this whole thing is why is the world seeming to force everyone to use scripted web pages? What on earth is wrong with just plain HTML? I often prefer to run with scripting disabled either because it is so buggy on (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.publish.html)
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You would be right about using the target= attribute as a backup if I was writing to the Transitional DTDs or against the loose URIs. Deprecated means I can't use the target= attribute in an XML document that validates against the DTDs for HTML 4.01 (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html)
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The target= attribute is deprecated in HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0. If I, for whatever reason of vanity and the like, choose to write an XML document that validates against the strict DTDs, then I cannot use the target= attribute. You are correct that (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html)
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| | Re: Attributes of the IMG tag used in displaying the LUGNET logo
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(...) defenitly, my slip, sorry :) (...) hmmm... at least in mozilla, it doesn't create a new window. so it's only used to break out of frames, which is a very good thing for a button to do. (...) :) Dan (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html)
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(...) JavaScript, not Java. A completely separate and unrelated language. Note that target="_top" is for frames, to load the page in the outermost frame (i.e. the whole window). For a new window, the correct value is target="_blank". If you are not (...) (23 years ago, 18-Dec-01, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.publish.html)
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