Miata Mailing List: February 1996, Message #24
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   From: "Marvin Landis" 
Subject: Re: Miata 3D Computer Models!!
   Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 17:03:08 -0500

Looks like there was a delivery error the first time I tried to send this.  I
apologize if it really did get posted right the first time and you see it
twice.

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On Jan 31,  7:37pm, David H Klebanow wrote:
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> Does it come in blue?

Well, I had a few questions about this, and also a report that the VRML files
did not work with some VRML browsers, so I figured I would respond to the
entire list in case some other people were interested in the answers.

First, I think I solved the problem with the VRML files not working with some
browsers. If you tried to view the Miata model and your VRML browser reported
an error, try again and let me know if it works now. (as a reminder, the URL is
http://amber.rc.arizona.edu/3dmiata.html)

As for Miatas of a different color, its real easy to change the color of the
VRML model (much easier than painting a real toy model :-).  Save the VRML file
to your local disk, then just edit it with any text editor (the VRML file
format is just an ascii file).  Search for the strings Body and Body_Cutouts.
 About 8 lines below each occurence of those strings, there is a line that
reads:

diffuseColor    0.78739 0 0

Those 3 numbers are the Red, Green and Blue values (the values should be
between 0 and 1) of the Miata's body. Therefore the model now is a fairly
bright red. To change it to a bright blue, change the line to read:

diffuseColor    0 0 .75

For a white Miata, start with something like:

diffuseColor    .8 .8 .8

A yellow one:

diffuseColor    .7 .7 0

Dark blue:

diffuseColor    0 0 .4

Hope this gets everyone on the right track to changing the model to your own
favorite color.

-- 
Marvin Landis
WWW Page:	http://amber.rc.arizona.edu/marvinl.html
Email:		marvinl@amber.rc.arizona.edu