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(...) [snip] (...) I also believe that rendering speed isn't a big issue here. I was more curious why you believed that your tesselation was better.I happen to like the currend tesselation because I very quickly understood how to reproduce its (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Monorail Track
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(...) I just tried to open these direct on the download and it did NOT work. Saving them to file DID. Write if the urge hits. Joseph (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Monorail Track
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(...) Received a note that the center stud of the short staight track is up-side down; I'll fix that RSN. It was also suggested that I do the track in Color 16; let's give it a shot. I've finally got the long straight track done, so here they are in (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 973p###.dat - Minifig Torso Town Fleece-Lined Jacket Over Black T-Shirt Pattern [DAT]
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Please direct all comments regarding the NAME of this DAT file to this thread: "(URL) I don't know what "P"-number to give this file. (Steve?) This is a DAT file for the brown minifig torso in the McDonald's promo set ("(URL) Please LMKWYT. Thanks, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Possible replacement for 1-8sphe.dat
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"Manfred Moolhuysen" <moom@nospamchello.nl> wrote in message news:G1AHn2.3Ir@lugnet.com... (...) on (...) opinion, (...) number (...) The even distribution of points means that the polygons involved stay closer to the surface of an actual sphere at (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) However, if there is a general feeling that a sphere primitive with an even distibution of triangles is a far better option, I'm prepaired to withdraw my submission (made August 22th) in favour for a 4 decimal places version the primitive (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Please tell me what the benefit is of your even distribution of triangles over the currend distribution whith 9 quads and 4 triangles? To my opinion, this factor alone doesn't seem to result into any severe deformations in renderings with (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) Following an initiative by Axel Poqué, I've resubmitted an improved version of the original 1-8sphe.dat primitive for the next update. This version still has 9 quads and 4 triangles, but coplanarity and meeting the surface of the sphere falls (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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I'm sorry for breaking my reply up intp little pieces, but for an unnown reason I'm not able to post any long message to Lugnet for the past 4 days. (...) Please make that 4 decimal places, for all the other curved primitives that the 1-8sphe.dat (...) (24 years ago, 22-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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(...) I think these should have 4 decimal places, as with the majority of the circular primitives. The reason for this is that there is often a need to use 3DPs in parts. Where these include circular primitives and scale them up by a factor of 10 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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"Steve Bliss" <steve.bliss@home.com> wrote in message news:ni4kssg6gejoaju...4ax.com... (...) on (...) files (...) I actually looked at all of the files that contain the string sphe while checking to see the results of my primitive substitution (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Possible replacement for 1-8sphe.dat
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(...) I think your both of your files are significant improvements over the existing primitives. My only concern is the possible impact changing the primitive could have on other files, where surfaces intersect spheres, but not at the edges of the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Alternative possible hi-res sphere primitive [DAT]
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Please read my previous post regarding a possible replacement for 1-8sphe.dat. This post will make more sense if you do. Once I got my sphere tesselation algorithm to work, it was straightforward to generate a hi-res version of the sphere primitive. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Possible replacement for 1-8sphe.dat [DAT]
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I started a discussion on the .dev group regarding sphere tesselation a little while back, and it came out that there is some dissatisfaction with the current sphere primitive. I have finished the code which generates a replacement sphere primitive, (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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| | Re: Parts Request
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(...) Accually there is: the 4 x 4 base the 4 x 4 tall base (this is the one I have a mock-up of) the middle mast section the upper mast section, also used as a bowspirit on older ships and then the newer bowspirit piece used on things like the (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) There's the 4x4 base brick, the large mast section, the medium mast section, the small mast section, and the bowsprit mast. At least, I seem to remember that it goes like that. Steve (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I have mock-ups of both these in both sizes if you want them (...) Which piece do you want? I have a mock-up of one of the base pieces if you are interested in it. (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Problems with 4773 (Light & Sound Colored Globe) [DAT]
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"Chris Dee" <chris_w_dee@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:G14Fq9.59J@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks. Here it is again, with the ring3.dat file used in place of the quarter rings: 0 Electric Light & Sound Colored Globe 0 Name: 4773.dat 0 Author: Thomas (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Parts Request
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(...) I have these on my "todo"(planned) lists. If someone else is working on them let us know. (...) Not sure which piece this is. (...) On my todo list as well. I do have a mock-up on there too. (...) Paul (URL) (finished parts) (URL) (in process) (...) (24 years ago, 20-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Parts request 6505
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Has anyone done a 6505 Gear box, 4 x 2 x 4 (URL) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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