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A few recommendation when using CAD -> convert program(ex:stl2dat) to modelise parts: - The tesselation paramater should be set so that a regular cylinder is output with 16 facets. In Solidworks, this is done by setting the minimum angle to 22.5 deg (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 167.dat Technic Liftarm 1x7 decorated (also known as Throwbot leg, or Starwars battle droid arm)
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(...) Thanks. Also thanks to Solidworks team for their powerful tool ! (...) Yes. The STL format says that the triangles must be CW, so of course stl2dat keeps this information. I did not yet add the BFC macro, I think I will add this for (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: '59 Caddy Hovercar Raytraces
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I didn't know that about POV-ray. The only things I've rendered in it have been floating in space, so I've never tried something hovering over a reflective surface. Is the POV file available for download somewhere? I need a 1024x768 version for my (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Performance Improvement
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Steve: (...) I can't see how Rui's suggested change gives any problems at all and I don't mind a few percent speed increase. (...) And? Does the "diameter line" not cross the radius? If there is a significant risk of a misalignment, then we (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Leonardo Zide wrote: [...SNIP...] (...) Actually I think you missunderstood something (or maybe I did), but the 0 INVERSE meta command is to be used ONLY with file references, that is: 0 INVERSE 1 16 x y z a b c d e f g h i (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC checking program (was Re: Some Words To BFC)
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I seem to be missing a required .dll file: MFC42D.DLL. Can you send this, or can I find it somewhere else? -John Van (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC [DAT]
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(...) I don't mind that because I preprocess the files anyway and anyone who wants to get a good speed increase should do the same. But it's not a good idea to turn on/off BFC several times and in some cases, it's nicer to have the faces reversed. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | BFC checking program (was Re: Some Words To BFC)
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(...) I'm assuming that you're calling "BFC-ready" primitives that have all faces in the same direction. Primitives are not closed volumes so you'll always be able to see the backfaces. (...) I agree technically it doesn't make much difference, I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Mladen's HW Police Copter (alternate colors)
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This is a very well-done model! I'm going to have to try this out IRL--maybe in M-Tron colors. -John Van Joseph Gonzalez <hsadm2.jgonzale@ema...ate.ut.us> wrote in message news:FsKCGL.238@lugnet.com... (...) police (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: 167.dat Technic Liftarm 1x7 decorated (also known as Throwbot leg, or Starwars battle droid arm)
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Another impressive part, Marc. It looks like it needs little edgelines added where the "fins" slope down and meet the outer surface. The two fins that protrude into the outer surface have the lines, but the others don't. Great job! Does stl2dat (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Is James' website finally gone for good?
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(...) Good idea. I know James parents are in Europe for another week or so I believe - they get back on something like the 14th if I remember correctly. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Horse Progress Report
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Because many people have asked, I would like to annouce that the body of the horse is now almost finished. The progress can be monitored from the TTracker: (URL) from the picture I now and then update: (URL) do hope to get enough time this weekend (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts) !
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| | Stickers [DAT]
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Hi, I restarted my work on the stickers. Because of a few "problems" with the casting of shadows from floating stickers (floating, because if they are flat on the brick they are not seen in tools like ldraw or mlcad, they need to float about 0.2 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Steve: (...) It would be very sad if all his work is lost, so we should definitely offer to host the site on ldraw.org, unless James' parents have another idea. (...) I think we should ask them about it. - And also ask if it is ok to continue the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Parts That Don't Render Correctly
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(...) You can go via www.ldraw.org -> download -> software -> L2P. Fredrik (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Thanks. (...) It's an optical illusion--well, actually, it's probably just a limitation of POV-Ray. AFAIK, reflective surfaces in POV don't actually reflect the light rays that bounce off of them, so no light reaches the bottom of the car, so (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Probably he just omitted the round things to save rendering time. Alan (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Parts That Don't Render Correctly
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In lugnet.cad.ray, Steve Bliss writes: [snip] (...) [snip] i just thought of an interesting idea that would TEMPORARILY solve the 'decal lines' problem: have an option for l3p to check the input for linetype 2's, and make a REEEALY thin cylinder (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:a5mpess6nipq4bp...4ax.com... snip (...) Me too. -John Van (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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