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  Re: Sculpture "Support"
 
(...) My first plan included a woman and a child in a family group, but I had trouble getting it to hold together. -dw (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
 
  Re: Sculpture "Support"
 
(...) That's a lot of brick! Nicely done. Are you planning to build some sculptures using the female form? "Big Daddy" Nelson (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
 
  Sculpture "Support"
 
(4 URLs) I decided to do something big for BrickFest2007. I ended up with two men, both dressed in tank tops and pants. One is kneeling holding the other person who is reaching skyward. (URL) gallery> after moderation. Comments welcome and (...) (18 years ago, 27-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) ! 
 
  Re: New sculpture
 
(...) Hi Bram, An excellent example of the technique and software. As Ley said catching it at a diagonal is a brilliant way to break up any potential blockiness and show off the software. I'm not going to ask where you got the 3d model from... Tim (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
 
  Re: New sculpture
 
Excellent. Amazing. (18 years ago, 12-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
 
  Re: New sculpture
 
(...) If you run it in verbose mode (command line option -v), it should give you some feedback along the way (like the final size in studs) that might point out what's going wrong. You can scale your models using the -f, -u, or -s command line (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
 
  Re: New sculpture
 
(...) This is stunning, Bram. I especially like that you put the main axis on a diagonal to the brick. This shows off both your design and the power of your software well. I am most impressed with the navigation on your site too. Peace and poses, (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
 
  Re: New sculpture
 
(...) I tried converting my Solidworks files to .STL and using them directly with lsculpt, but it didn't like them and only rendered an empty .ldr containing only the three comment lines like this: 0 FILE pulserifle23.ldr 0 Author: brep2ldr 0 I (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
 
  Re: New sculpture
 
(...) Cool application! LSculpt should work directly with STL files too. --Bram (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
 
  Re: New sculpture
 
(...) Bram. she's a beaut! I have to tell you, I just discovered your fantastic lsculpt app after readin this post, and put it to work right away. I successfully processed my BrickArms .STLs (after converting them to .PLY binary) and rendered some (...) (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
 
  New sculpture
 
(URL) Designed with (URL) LSculpt>. (18 years ago, 11-Mar-07, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: 6-foot-tall freestanding Chase logo
 
(...) Sometimes the more fun ones are the boxy ones.. except for the blisters. Nice job! :) -Anne -- There may be 50 ways to leave your (\`--/') _ _______ .-r-. leave your lover, but there are >.~.\ `` ` `,`,`. ,'_'~`. only 4 ways out of this (...) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture)
 
  Re: 1 metre tall xmas tree
 
They're both very impressive! Makes me feel left out ; ) but I would miss the real tree too much... God Bless, Nathan (URL) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
 
  Re: 1 metre tall xmas tree
 
(...) Very cool Pete. I too had a LEGO tree this past Christmas. Mine stood just over 9'. Here is my father in-law standing next to it: (URL) (18 years ago, 15-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)  
 
  Re: 6-foot-tall freestanding Chase logo
 
(...) Thanks, Will! The sculpture has two forms of internal support.... a metal armature, and LEGO-beams. Metal for rigidity, LEGO for accuracy. The metal armature is mostly for keeping the model upright, and wasn't welded as precisely as LEGO (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)  
 
  Re: 6-foot-tall freestanding Chase logo
 
(...) Sean, you can count my jaw with the others, down there on the floor. Truly a massive undertaking, and very well executed. Bravo! I have had my share of gluing sculpture, and I had slight misaligmnent after only only 6 inches of gluing. Yours (...) (18 years ago, 13-Feb-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
 
  6-foot-tall freestanding Chase logo
 
Hi again, everybody: I'm happy to announce I've just completed my largest sculpture ever. It's, unfortunately, a very plain (boxy) shape, but it was a fun (and blistering) challenge to build nonetheless. (URL) JPMorgan Chase asked me to build this (...) (18 years ago, 12-Feb-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) ! 
 
  Chocdelia and the Chocolate Factory
 
Hello everyone! Fresh from her debut at a 1000 Stiene event in Frechen, Germany. Here is the 5th Podagon: CHOCODELIA (2 URLs) One day as Chocodelia the Podagon was exploring, she happened upon a Chocolate Factory. “What a perfect spot to rest!” So (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jan-07, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.1000steine-land, lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX) ! 
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) It seems that by default, Visual C++ expects some libraries to exist on the user's computer. I've compiled a static build instead, so hopefully it should work for everyone now. The fixed Windows binary is up on the site. Let me know if you (...) (18 years ago, 14-Jan-07, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) I'm not a math or a CS person really, so some of my notation could very well be wrong. What I meant is that k should be 1, 2, or 3, whichever gives you the biggest answer. (...) Yes. (...) Thanks! --Bram (18 years ago, 18-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) I always thought $k\in\{1,2,3\}$ was pretty much equivalent in this situation to $k=1,2,3$. By your definition you are assigning k to be equal to the set as opposed to a value. (...) I think you're right about this one. (...) Tim (18 years ago, 18-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) Hmm. Most of that went over my head. Still, there were a few things that I think confused me due to more than my incipient senility: In formula 3, shouldn't that be "Let k\in \{1,2,3\} such that . . ." rather than "Let k=\{1,2,3\} such that . (...) (18 years ago, 18-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad)
 
  The eBrick Gallery (TeBAG)
 
Many of you all know about my passion for art and one of my favourite types of builds are of the more artistic endeavours. For the last number of years I have been book-marking and saving Lego pics to my hard drive that are of that nature. When I (...) (18 years ago, 17-Dec-06, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.fun.community, FTX) !! 
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) This is already an option! Use the command line "-b 1" to get the bottom layer of plates studs up instead of studs down. Increase 1 to whatever number of layers you want studs up (it'll do 5 layers at a time, so the next meaningful layer (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) Another handy option might be one to flip bricks pointing down so that they point up. So the sculpture would be completely studs out execept for the bottom, which would always be studs up instead of studs down like it is now. Not sure how this (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) Amazing work Bram! Loved the paper. Just a quick note: The 3D converter that you link to can take as import Renderman files (RIB) and output PLY files. RIB is one of the supported file formats to E-frontier's Poser software. This allows for (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) Yep, that should work. You might get some funky pieces around the edges of the mesh, but most of it should be good. If you want a studs up landscape, use "-q -n" in your commandline. (...) I look forward to some cool results! --Bram (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) Hey James, right now there are no inner workings on any of the rendered models. It's up to you to figure out how to build the shape my program spits out. --Bram (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) I used someone else's library to read in the PLY files, so I'm not sure what it prefers. STL is a simpler format, so I wrote that parser myself...and haven't had any problems with it. (...) Try saving as PLY binary from 3D Object Converter. As (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
Very cool. So it looks like this was used for a class project (based on the header of the paper). If so, I hope you got an A. The paper itself looks exactly like papers I've looked at in the past that were presented at SIGGraph. It seems to not like (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) Those sculptures look great with studs-all-the-way - it looks like you have released a whole new degree of freedom in sculpting! (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) Wow. It amazes me what you can come up with :-) I love LEGO. It allows people to do such cool things like this. Spotlighted. -Anne (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) Wow! I have been working on some sculptures, scenery’s and a huge globe using these studs out building technique lately. And this would be a great addition. I presume I could also use this in making a landscape with the correct 3D triangle (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
Awesome work, Bram. Any chance of getting an MPD or some screenshots of the innards of the cow? James Wilson (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) I sure did!!! Outstanding... Three things I found: - LSculpt seem to prefer "Unix" style PLY (with only CR at the end of text file instead of CR/LF Windows style). I had to convert Stanford bunny (bun_zipper.ply) to be able to use it. - After (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
Wow... if I were still building witth LEGO bricks with any regularity, this style is all I'd be doing. Beautiful stuff. Eric (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
Haven't had time to really read into this (will though!) but wanted to post a quick congrats based only on first impressions. They look great! Well done! God Bless, Nathan (URL) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) Building stuff is fun. (...) Thanks! Shoot me an email if you're interested in the code. --Bram (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) And apparently my ability to ask questions far supersedes my ability to follow links. I see you've written a handy paper to explain the method. Thanks. Tim (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)
 
  Re: First SNOT spheres, now SNOT bunnies?
 
(...) Hi Bram, Some excellent algorithmic design there. Are you sure you shouldn't be doing combinatorics rather than engineering? A few questions about it: 1) Is the whole thing algorithmic or do you have to specify where your snot-centers (I see (...) (18 years ago, 15-Dec-06, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.cad, FTX)


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