Task description for the creation of new images for the MBDyn manual and/or website.
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Consult the latest version of the manual, taken from the private CVS and uploaded here: input.pdf, to see how cardano.256.png, inline.256.png, revHinge.256.png, and spherHinge.256.png were included in the manual (p.225, 240, 248, and 255)
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find an element for which an image would be beneficial; chose a common filename root for your new element (ie: cardano, revHinge, ...); for the instructions here we'll use "yourFile"
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starting from the revolute.blend Blender file, of which the layers are explained in revolute.txt, create your own element image making sure you respect the element description given in the manual; save the modified Blender file with a new name (yourFile.blend)
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render the element in png, regenerate the color palette to use 256 colors (GIMP recommended [Menu: Image->Mode->Indexed]), trim the image to remove any white borders (GIMP recommended [Menu: Image->Autotrim])
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convert the modified generated png into an eps3 file using the following command:
convert yourFile.png eps3:yourFile.eps -
submit the generated files: yourFile.blend, yourFile.png, and yourFile.eps; the eps and png files should not exceed 100k each