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Re: Program or Feature request
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lugnet.cad
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Tue, 26 Aug 2003 02:08:15 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Tim Romine wrote:
> As a fellow who occaisionally authors a part, I have begun to realize just how
> much of my "authoring" time is spent calculating intersections of lines, quads
> and the like. For example, 30116.dat took so long not because of measuring or
> coding, but because I had to calculate intersections of each edge line, and then
> flesh out my linear "skeleton" with polygons. And so I began thinking...
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> How feasible is it to create a utility (or plugin) which will take an existing
> file and calculate the intersections of lines and polygons, and output a new
> file with the following characteristics:
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> 1. Any type 2 or 5 lines from the original file that intersect other type 2, 3,
> 4, or 5 lines from that file are output as TWO type 2 or 5 lines: one from the
> first point to the intersection, and the second from the intersection to the
> second point.
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> 2. Any type 3 or 4 lines from the original file that intersect type 2 or 5
> lines from that file are output as several type 3 lines: one from each edge to
> the intersection.
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> This would be a REAL timesaver for parts authoring, or any primitive modeling in
> general. It would be helpful if the number of decimal places for the output
> were customizeable.
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> ANY program that could do this would be wonderful, but it would be especially
> helpful if it were a plugin for LDDP or a feature of MLCAD.
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> I hope this makes sense!
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> All you programming geniuses out there please respond!
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> I thank you all in advance for any and all help with this.
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> Tim Romine
Well, I was thinking about this while on vacation. Maybe I'll write a plugin
if I have time. In the mean time I suggest trying out LCadCalc by Paul Easter.
you can find it here:
http://www.geocities.com/pneaster/lcad_util.htm
-Orion
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| (...) Yes, I already have this utility from the very talented Mr. Easter; that is how I've been calculating intersections to date. I was actually looking for something that would calculate them without having to manually enter coordinates for each (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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| As a fellow who occaisionally authors a part, I have begun to realize just how much of my "authoring" time is spent calculating intersections of lines, quads and the like. For example, 30116.dat took so long not because of measuring or coding, but (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-03, to lugnet.cad)
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