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Re: New (old) Tool - Primitive Generator 2
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Mon, 17 May 2010 15:53:10 GMT
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In lugnet.cad, Michael Heidemann wrote:
Today I am proud to annouce the release of Primitive Genenerator 2.

Based on the work of Paul Easter's Primitive Generator I have created Primitive
Genenerator 2. Now that the sourcecode is available again we can add functions
and primitives to that tool so life will become easier.

SNIP
have fun
mikeheide

Philo just has the idea of making the chord primitive more compact. Please see
the difference for 2-4chrd.dat below:
New:
0 Chord 0.5
0 Name: 2-4chrd.dat
0 Author: Primitive Generator 2
0 !LDRAW_ORG Unofficial_Primitive
0 !LICENSE Redistributable under CCAL version 2.0 : see CAreadme.txt

0 BFC CERTIFY CCW

4 16 1 0 0 0.9239 0 0.3827 -0.9239 0 0.3827 -1 0 0
4 16 0.9239 0 0.3827 0.7071 0 0.7071 -0.7071 0 0.7071 -0.9239 0 0.3827
4 16 0.7071 0 0.7071 0.3827 0 0.9239 -0.3827 0 0.9239 -0.7071 0 0.7071
3 16 0.3827 0 0.9239 0 0 1 -0.3827 0 0.9239
0 // Build by Primitive Generator 2

Old:
0 Chord 0.5
0 Name: 2-4chrd.dat
0 Author: Primitive Generator 2
0 !LDRAW_ORG Unofficial_Primitive
0 !LICENSE Redistributable under CCAL version 2.0 : see CAreadme.txt

0 BFC CERTIFY CCW

3 16 1 0 0 0.9239 0 0.3827 0.7071 0 0.7071
3 16 1 0 0 0.7071 0 0.7071 0.3827 0 0.9239
3 16 1 0 0 0.3827 0 0.9239 0 0 1
3 16 1 0 0 0 0 1 -0.3827 0 0.9239
3 16 1 0 0 -0.3827 0 0.9239 -0.7071 0 0.7071
3 16 1 0 0 -0.7071 0 0.7071 -0.9239 0 0.3827
3 16 1 0 0 -0.9239 0 0.3827 -1 0 0
0 // Build by Primitive Generator 2


For the new Primitive Generator I would like to know your opinion for the
question - should that be a separate entry in the primitive choice list like
"Chord New style" or "Chord Old style" or just use in that tool the new way of
creating the chord primitive.

Please let your comments here.

cu
mikeheide



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  Re: New (old) Tool - Primitive Generator 2
 
(...) It is not only more compact, but also more symmetrical. That's why I would prefer this form Philo (15 years ago, 17-May-10, to lugnet.cad)

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  New (old) Tool - Primitive Generator 2
 
Today I am proud to annouce the release of Primitive Genenerator 2. Based on the work of Paul Easter's Primitive Generator I have created Primitive Genenerator 2. Now that the sourcecode is available again we can add functions and primitives to that (...) (15 years ago, 16-May-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)

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