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Re: Patterns: Outline or no outline?
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:31:32 GMT
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Hi Lee,
I've started looking at the process of creating patterns for parts. I've been
reading through Willy Tschager article "Pattern It:
http://www.holly-wood.it/ldraw/patternit-en.html
I found a copy of Monzoom (Willy's recommended program for manipulating 2D
shapes), but as it's in German I haven't got very far. I'm guessing there are
some other/better programs for manipulating 2D shapes in preparation for
converting to an LDraw file.
I would be interesting to find out the tools you are using to create your
patterned parts.
Thanks in advance
Reuben
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 | | Re: Patterns: Outline or no outline?
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| (...) Oh dear! That's just my (painstaking) way. I really wouldn't recommend it to anyone if he or she hasn't tons of time to waste. (...) There are: * Quad2Dat of course (URL) LDPattern - the last time I gave it a try I was most impressed (URL) (...) (13 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
| | | Re: Patterns: Outline or no outline?
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| (...) My process goes like this: 1) Find a relatively high-quality photo of the part and reorient it so it has the right proportions and faces me head-on. (I also keep the part itself handy for details the photo missed.) 2) Use Inkscape to trace (...) (13 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Patterns: Outline or no outline?
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| Since my last three patterned parts have gone over well I've been working on two more: (URL) running into a design problem with these parts that I haven't had with the others. As you see those two parts only come in black. What I wasn't sure about (...) (13 years ago, 14-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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