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Question about generating curves
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Wed, 10 Jan 2001 02:01:07 GMT
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What is an optional line? These seem to be used for modeling curves, but I
don't have a clue how to use them. While I'm asking, what is a BFC statement?
Um... and why does MLCAD use a German-localized cancel button for the BFC
statement dialog?
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Tony Hafner
www.hafhead.com
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 | | Re: Question about generating curves
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| (Note: Please follow-up to ".cad.dev".) (...) OK, first you need to bear in mind that LDraw does _NOT_ draw true curves, it draws _angles_. If you have enough angles in a line, from a sufficient distance, this angled line will _appear_ to be a true (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.cad.dev)
| | | Re: Question about generating curves
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| (...) See (URL), question 20, linetype 5. Basically, if you're modeling a curved surface, and as part of the model, you've got two adjacent triangles, ABC and ABD: A /|\ C | D \|/ B The common edge, AB, needs to be modeled as a conditional line. (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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