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The technique I've been using to make minifig torsos can be extended to heads, but I have one critical problem that I haven't been able to figure out yet: Before tracing an image, I need an image that is facing the camera head-on. Normally to get a (...) (15 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Patterns: Outline or no outline?
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(...) My process goes like this: 1) Find a relatively high-quality photo of the part and reorient it so it has the right proportions and faces me head-on. (I also keep the part itself handy for details the photo missed.) 2) Use Inkscape to trace (...) (15 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Patterns: Outline or no outline?
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(...) Oh dear! That's just my (painstaking) way. I really wouldn't recommend it to anyone if he or she hasn't tons of time to waste. (...) There are: * Quad2Dat of course (URL) LDPattern - the last time I gave it a try I was most impressed (URL) (...) (15 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Patterns: Outline or no outline?
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Hi Lee, I've started looking at the process of creating patterns for parts. I've been reading through Willy Tschager article "Pattern It: (URL) found a copy of Monzoom (Willy's recommended program for manipulating 2D shapes), but as it's in German I (...) (15 years ago, 16-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Patterns: Outline or no outline?
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(...) The black sections on 973p74 are probably my mistake, since the basis of the pattern (without the Police decorations) was a copy of 973p73. Generally speaking, unless we have evidence the that colour is actually printed, by having the same (...) (15 years ago, 15-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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