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(...) I like Larry's string part better for several reasons. His braid is implemented as twisted surfaces rather than edge lines so it'll show up in both LDRAW and POV. It also uses many less poly's so it'll draw significantly faster. And finally, (...) (19 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Those certainly are advantages. I just crashed MLCad trying to use it in a model so I could play with the color so it took me a while to look at it. Honestly, I don't think it does any better at modeling twisting than I did. I at least have (...) (19 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) <snip> (...) I'll check it out tonight. Maybe we can let Larry off the hook :P (...) (19 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Is this one any better? (URL) does have the advantage of actually being submitted to the Parts Tracker, and now it's certified for the next release. Steve (19 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I can think of a way to deal with different coloured strands. You rotate each element (with the multiple-colours defined on it) around the gradient of the position of each element, increasing the angle as you go along. I can send details on (...) (19 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) er... ya. Didn't they actually DO green string already or am I misremembering? (...) That's pathetic. (19 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Will it be a problem if LEGO ever do green string? ;) At this time, using the best available string element seems like the way to go. AFAIK, Larry's string is the best. Steve (19 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hey, thanks testing it out. You're right about the conditionals zig-zagging a bit. I still have the feeling that if the surface were pinned down to the concave green line those zig-zags would go away. But I couldn't decide whether to divvy it (...) (19 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Umm... you REALLY should use a better string element than mine! It is really not very accurate as it doesn't model the three strands at all. It was just a quick hack, and it has fixed colors, if LEGO ever do red or white string it won't work. (...) (19 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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LSynth implement's Larry's string cross section (no use ducking Larry) to create string using the hose synthesis class (this means splined strings with nice smooth curves). I think that a string type that uses pulleys as constraints is important (...) (19 years ago, 26-Apr-05, to lugnet.cad)
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