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(URL) This new utility optimizes a LDraw file by converting adjacent triangles into quads and transforms rhombuses bordered with lines into rect primitives. Program, documentation, source code are available (URL) here>. (URL) Applied on the above (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: New Ldraw parts authors tool: Rectifier
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I have updated Rectifier ((URL) to correct a crash occuring on Windows 2000 machines. Thanks to Steffen for spotting this one. I also changed Isecalc ((URL) to allow it to manage much larger LDraw files. Philo (15 years ago, 9-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Ldraw parts authors tool: Rectifier
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(...) Steffen also reported another nasty bug! If your original file is CW, all rects substituted will be BFC backwards. I'll try to correct that, but in the meantime just reverse winding of your file before running Rectifier. Philo (15 years ago, 10-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Ldraw parts authors tool: Rectifier
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(...) This can easily done by Inliner. Just generate a new file with BFC CCW and with only one line, a reference to your file. Then run Inliner with inlinedeep 1. The resulting file will be the same as your first one, but now the whole file is BFC (...) (15 years ago, 11-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Ldraw parts authors tool: Rectifier
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(...) Rectifier has been updated: it now cares to BFC orientation when replacing quads with rect primitives. If no BFC orientation is specified in the input file, CCW is assumed. It also tries to keep simple coefficients in rect primitive (...) (15 years ago, 22-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Ldraw parts authors tool: Rectifier
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(...) Doing so I introduced a bug appearing in small rectangles (side<1). Corrected in version 1.3 (URL) (15 years ago, 18-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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