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Re: [new part] Animal Bird (falcon)
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Thu, 3 Aug 2000 17:24:19 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Chris Dee writes:
> > I now have pov views of the file on my webpage.
> > http://www.student.ipfw.edu/~osbodr01/falcon/falcon.html
> Thirdly, some comments on the part itself
> - I am not sure the proportions are correct. The front-to-back depth of the
> body looks about right (I measured mine at 23LDu), but the height seems
> wrong. Mine is about 50 LDu up from the perch to the top of the head, and
> 24LDu down from the perch to the tip of the tail. The DAT file seems
> (without decomposing the file entirely) to be about 2/3 of these
> measurements. A close enough approximation to the true size is 1LDu = 1/64
> inch - I find a steel rule marked in 64ths invaluable.
> Chris Dee (chris_w_dee@hotmail.com)
Uuugggg. I just realized what my mistake was. And Chris, you are
absolutely right. What I did was print out the reference photos from my
website and used the 1x1 brick as a reference. I measured the height and
width of the brick and calculated a conversion factor for each. I then
measured points and converted them into LDU. Problem: I used 20 LDu across,
which is correct, but only 16 LDu high, which is 2/3 of the correct 24 LDu.
My model IS 2/3 as high as it should be. What I plan to do is write a quick
and dirty C++ program that will recalculate all the Y co-ordinates and
convert the dat file. I can also use it to relocate the origin.
Thanks for your observation. Dennis.
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| (...) Well Dennis, you certainly choose a very difficult part to start with, and I am impressed with the progress you have made. Firstly on posting - if you post to lugnet.cad.dat.parts and attach the dat file, then Web-Interface users can launch (...) (24 years ago, 2-Aug-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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