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Re: Part review coplanarity check
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lugnet.cad
Date: 
Sun, 15 Jun 2008 08:47:23 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Jim DeVona wrote:
> As a rookie part reviewer, I'd like to check whether I understand the
> guidelines for this situation before casting a vote.
> 
> The <http://www.ldraw.org/library/tracker/ref/l3pmsg/#note2 L3P -check guide>
> suggests different coplanarity determinant test thresholds for general files
> (0.1) and primitives (0.01 or 0.001).


Hello Jim,

L3P coplanarity checks have some problems (they depend on the size of polygon,
some explainations here: http://www.philohome.com/isecalc/planarcheck.htm). So
coplanarity criteria has been updated
(http://www.ldraw.org/Article512.html#coplanar) but guidelines were not. So the
tool to use is Planarcheck.

Philo



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Part review coplanarity check
 
(...) Hi Philo, Ah - thanks for the clarification. Now I know what to do with one of those program I compiled! Bit by bit I am figuring out the review procedure. Jim (18 years ago, 15-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad)
  Re: Part review coplanarity check
 
(...) Someone should ping the PT-Admins and make sure the L3P -check guide gets updated accordingly. w. (18 years ago, 16-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad)

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  Part review coplanarity check
 
As a rookie part reviewer, I'd like to check whether I understand the guidelines for this situation before casting a vote. The (URL) L3P -check guide> suggests different coplanarity determinant test thresholds for general files (0.1) and primitives (...) (18 years ago, 15-Jun-08, to lugnet.cad, FTX)

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