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Re: Overlapping lines (type 2)
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Tue, 2 Dec 2003 02:24:37 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Niels Karsdorp wrote:

A question for the more experienced part authors:

Is it permitted to have lines (linetype 2) overlap, caused by
adjecent primitives (e.g. two rect or rect and box primitives)?

This isn't 'forbidden' or anything.

But, because of the way renderers calculate lines & edges, this type of arrangement
might lead to 'edge noise' -- occasional doubling of sections of the line.

For the few number of lines involved, I'd look into just using direct lines &
polygons, rather than rect primitives.

Steve



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  Re: Overlapping lines (type 2)
 
(...) Another example is the motor cutout of several old train baseplates. These have 12 sides and 36 edges, but can also be created with 3 box3u2p primitives and having overlapping 4 edges. Or should I create another box3 primitive with two more (...) (21 years ago, 2-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad)

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A question for the more experienced part authors: Is it permitted to have lines (linetype 2) overlap, caused by adjecent primitives (e.g. two rect or rect and box primitives)? Niels (21 years ago, 1-Dec-03, to lugnet.cad)

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