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Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model?
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Mon, 21 Jun 2004 13:55:35 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.cad, Don Heyse wrote:
> > In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss wrote:
> > > You could make mirror.ini more human-readable if the 'normal' parts
> > > were just flagged.  Something like:
> > > 
> > > 2546.DAT      default
> > > 41770.DAT     exception  41769.DAT     0  1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1  0 0 0
> > 
> > Actually I was thinking of deleting them from the file to make it
> > smaller.  The only problem is remembering which ones were deleted and
> > which ones are new at update time.  I'm not sure how to automate
> > additions either way.  Probably have to use the sorted properties of
> > parts.lst
> 
> Keep a full.mirror.ini, with all the default entries.  A simple grep
> drop the extra lines, giving us mirror.ini.

Or generate a parts.lst (and stash it somewhere) before adding parts,
then diff it with the new parts.lst.  I'm not sure how grep fits into
your plan though...

> > I think that makes sense.  Apply the mirror transform and/or substitution
> > from MIRROR.INI individually to all parts in the subfile, then apply a
> > global mirror (across whatever axis you want) to the whole subfile.
> > 
> > It sounds so simple.  Could it be?
> 
> Well, it depends entirely on whether or not applying two mirroring
> transformations always gives an un-mirrored result.  If that's true,
> then we're good.

My math intuition says it should be.  There are only two choices for
the sign of the determinant, and I think multiplying a negative matrix
by a negative matrix must result in a positive.  Two wrongs *do* make
a right.  Right?

Don



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  Re: Quick way to mirror-image a model?
 
(...) Keep a full.mirror.ini, with all the default entries. A simple grep drop the extra lines, giving us mirror.ini. (...) Well, it depends entirely on whether or not applying two mirroring transformations always gives an un-mirrored result. If (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jun-04, to lugnet.cad)

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