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Re: Minifig Scale Issaquah Ferry
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lugnet.build
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Fri, 28 Mar 2003 19:10:45 GMT
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Wayne R Hussey wrote in message ...
> Another difficulty with the program is "layering". It is extremely easy to
> add parts nearly at random regards their position in space, but there is no
> "tool" for re-ordering the part list into a "stacking" order. I spent hours
> with my text editor and even a couple of sessions with Excel sorting the
> entries into something I could use as instructions.
This is the part which I find takes the most time and effort when turning an
LDR file into decent instructions. LDAO has a "sort" function which helps a
bit if the model has been entered at random, but overall the best way I have
found is to actually enter the instructions as steps in the first place,
then fine tune them. I hate doing it but it saves work in the long run.
Turning a really big model into instructions is a lot of work (mostly in the
LDraw end, which LPub doesn't help with). On my ferry I ended up
color-coding the layers of the hull so that I could see what I was doing
when building the LDR file, and so that the instruction users can see what
the heck is going on!
Kevin
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