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Re: CAD/CAM/CGI magazine articles
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lugnet.cad
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Thu, 22 May 2003 02:01:53 GMT
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OK more info and guesses. They, EDS, have a page where Jaguar used the
same software to design the new hood ornaments.
http://www.eds.com/products/plm/success/imageware/jaguar.shtml
When they were all done, they converted the surface representations into
polys and exported them from Imageware as an .stl file.
Since alot of CAM systems use STL and the TLC article says they use CAM
to create molds and tooling, it seems reasonable that they would do the
same.
That may mean that there are bunches of STL files for LEGO(TM) parts
just waiting to be used : ) STL is a very simple file format and it's
trivial to convert the face data to LDRAW triangles & quads, so maybe
we'll see new parts being submitted by TLC ! One could also guess that
the file format for the previously announced Digital Designer(TM)
software will a simple polygonal scheme, making conversions easy to do...
-JSM
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| (...) The Robert McNeel and Associates also claim that TLC uses their product Rhino ( (URL) ), thought thay don't specify how TLC uses it. I would speculate it is for part design since Rhino is cheap and powerful (Heck, I use it for part design). (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: CAD/CAM/CGI magazine articles
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| Neat stuff. I was curious if one could infer what TLC's internal data formats might be with this info from the Dekstop Engineering article. The link to Unigraphics gets redirected to EDS. It seems they were acquired since the article was written. (...) (22 years ago, 22-May-03, to lugnet.cad)
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