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Hey everyone,

Thanks to this post, I have decided to download MLcad. What are you opinions of the program? Can it be rendered to look good, or is it always in ML cad form. :roll:

Thanks.

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Hey Shadow,

I really know very little about how to do these things, but you can definitely take a file you create and render it in POV-ray to make polished images. There are tons of resources on ldraw.org and discussion on lugnet.cad.

For an example, see this recent post by Tim Gould:
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Also check out the sporadic model of the month/scene of the month competition on ldraw.org for some truly stunning images.

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Post by Koenig_Artus »

if you have downloaded the complete "package", you should have a great bunch of programs.

i would recommend MLCad for building and LPao or Lpub for rendering

you also can view models with Lview, but in a very lower qualitiy...
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Where can I find the package? :?: Thanks Bruce for the links and the pic. You're always a great resource to have around :wink:
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Shadow wrote:Where can I find the package? :?: Thanks Bruce for the links and the pic. You're always a great resource to have around :wink:
http://www.ldraw.org/modules.php?op=mod ... le&sid=126

and click on the LDraw Tools Installer (Recommended) link to install everything.

I've used MLCad to design & LPub to create instructions for MOCs as I've been doing them. I wrote a short article on my first experience rendering instructions (including how to get the light gray looking right) here:

http://www.carlnelson.com/page.asp?SID=1&Page=42

Good luck!

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