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Re: Roboarm from Dave Baum's super book
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics
Date: 
Fri, 31 Dec 1999 12:40:34 GMT
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I thought I saw somewhere that they used RayDream, an inexpensive
modeling/rendering package.  The parts were custom made so that black on
black beams render well.  Notice the small bevel on top of the beams.
Ingenious!

Hope I'm not stepping on Dave's toes here, but I believe the above to be
correct.

Build On!
John Matthews

Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message
news:386C55FB.FDBF4B56@voyager.net...
Dave Baum wrote:

(1)  I hope I don't come across too "defensive" about this.  I'm • somewhat
of a perfectionist about certain things, and it bothered me to not have
the tools/resources/time to make things "perfect".

How did you guys do your instructions? I figured you would have used
MLCad/LDLite/L3P/POVRay or some combination of those, but it didn't look
like it to me..

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  Re: Roboarm from Dave Baum's super book
 
You're correct. We used RayDream, which has an introductory version priced aroun $100. The full version is a bit more ($300-$400 I think). Some details on the renderings are at: (URL) haven't been keeping track of the Lego CAD situation recently, (...) (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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  Re: Roboarm from Dave Baum's super book
 
(...) How did you guys do your instructions? I figured you would have used MLCad/LDLite/L3P/POVRay or some combination of those, but it didn't look like it to me.. (25 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)

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