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Re: tool for patterned parts
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lugnet.cad
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Sun, 22 Oct 2006 19:06:52 GMT
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mikeheide wrote:
> I thought about a tool to easily author patterned parts.
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> It should be used like quad2dat but with the following change:
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> If a part is scanned with a scanner and the part is not flat it should
> be able to use the curvature of the part (that already has to exist
> as a LDraw part) to make a parallel projection onto that curvature.
> (sorry for my bad english).
Is it really worth the work? How many patterned parts have the pattern on a
curved surface, except for the minfig heads?
A couple of years ago I did start making a program that 'back-projected' a
bitmap and let you draw the triangles and quads by hand on top of that. It
includes some rudimentary intelligence, for example snapping to previously
drawn points.
It didn't get finished then, and will probably never be. It's written in
Borland Delphi 5, and anyone interested in taking over is welcome to the
source code.
--
Anders Isaksson, Sweden
BlockCAD: http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/proglego.htm
Gallery: http://web.telia.com/~u16122508/gallery/index.htm
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| Anders Isaksson schrieb: (...) Hi Anders, I have found many curved parts with pattern on the curved surface. Also I think of stickers that can be done with such a program. I think it could work as follow: 1) Do a scan of the curved part (You need to (...) (17 years ago, 27-May-07, to lugnet.cad)
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| I thought about a tool to easily author patterned parts. It should be used like quad2dat but with the following change: If a part is scanned with a scanner and the part is not flat it should be able to use the curvature of the part (that already has (...) (18 years ago, 21-Oct-06, to lugnet.cad)
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