That helps the pieces but that doesn't help the users, I don't
want the users seeing black and rubber black, they should only see
black. If a piece is made of rubber then it would be drawn using
rubber black, if it's a brick then it would be plastic black but the
material type shouldn't be an option to the users, it should be set
by the pieces.
I think reading color codes from an external file is a good idea,
I just don't think ldconfig.ldr is a good file because LDraw doesn't
make a distinction between pieces and models. I don't know how easy
it would be to propose to the LDraw org a distinction between tint
values and materials.
Maybe it's possible to scan the file and figure out what the
material variations are and not show them to the user? Maybe my view
is just completely wrong. :)
On Mar 13, 2007, at 6:39 PM, Joshua Delahunty wrote:
>
> ldconfig.ldr has the following (well, the one that I adjusted to
> use TLG
> colorings does):
>
> 0 !COLOUR Black CODE 0 VALUE #1b2a34 EDGE 8
> 0 !COLOUR Rubber_Black CODE 256 VALUE #212121 EDGE #000000 RUBBER
>
> does that help?
>
> They've implemented quite a few keywords that should help:
> ALPHA x
> PEARLESCENT
> CHROME
> METAL
> LUMINANCE x (for phosphorescent white)
>
> I think they've covered a lot of what you're looking for, other
> than the
> random-scatter texture of roof-tile sloping faces. That's really a
> bump
> map issue over a coloring issue, though, IMHO.
>
> ldconfig.ldr is pretty powerful; it gives the user complete control
> over
> the color values, without you having to adjust LeoCAD again. The
> support that LDView has is really nice.
>
> Since there are keywords (RUBBER, CHROME, METAL) to mark the material
> type, it would be fairly simple to have the palette reorganize when
> trying to color a piece of that type (click on a crown, only Cool
> Silver
> Lacquered and Warm Gold Drum-Lacquered show up, for instance;
> click on
> a metallic ("PEARLESCENT") item, and only the PEARLESCENT colors show)
> -- all optional of course.
>
> Once/if I can get the thing building in 6.0; I could drop back from
> the
> HEAD and check out things pre-your-latest-changes, if that would help.
>
> -- joshua
>
>> I'm pretty sure the head revision isn't good enough for use right
>> now. I started adding support for submodels and I think I broke the
>> save/load code.
>>
>> I really do want to have better color support but I'd rather have
>> the concept of materials instead. Colors aren't enough to handle all
>> the information that you need, you can have for example black colors
>> for: standard black brick, the rugged side of a 2x2 slope brick,
>> black tires, black hoses, etc..
>>
>> But I don't want to make it too complicated for the users that
>> just want to add a black brick or black tire, so I want LeoCAD to be
>> smart about that and automatically add the right type so probably the
>> pieces should contain the material information and the user picks the
>> tint for the piece when they add it to the model.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mar 13, 2007, at 4:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> If Philo can't test*, or Leo doesn't want it generally released in
>>> the current state, then I'll make sure to you send you a "private
>>> build" John.
>>>
>>> -- joshua
>>>
>>> * I'll do what I can to be sure of the current functionality; but I
>>> think Philo knows the operation of LeoCAD better than anyone, and I
>>> wouldn't want a "bad" release out there for general consumption...
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: leocad <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 4:43:11 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Any newer version?
>>>
>>> It would be great if a downloadable release can be made available.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>> If needed, I can build a
>>> downloadable release; if that's desired. [Philo, are you willing
>>> to ascertain
>>> whether there are any bugs that make it unshippable before I do;
>>> once I figure
>>> out the 6.0 issue for you?]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> John Henry
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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