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Re: Interesting Minutia in 7146 Instructions
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lugnet.cad
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Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:47:52 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
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> My understanding (partly what I've heard, partly what I've guessed) has
> been that LEGO instructions are prepared using a 2D library of static part
> images. Maybe they've at least gotten to the point where they are
> generating new views of parts from their CAD database?
I don't know where you heard about the 2D library but it's wrong, they
use a 3D CAD program.
Leonardo
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 | | Re: Interesting Minutia in 7146 Instructions
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| "Leonardo Zide" <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message news:3A40E2B8.E52386....com.br... (...) has (...) part (...) Some of the errors in past instructions simply could not have been created by a 3D CAD program, unless there was post-process (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Interesting Minutia in 7146 Instructions
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| Well, interesting to me... While building the TIE Fighter set, I noticed an obvious CAD-ism in the instructions. Looking at the inset in step 10 (on page 3), the outer edges of the 4x4 radar dish are obviously composed of lines, not a smooth curve. (...) (24 years ago, 20-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad)
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