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Re: Need part number for a dangerous predator
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
Date: 
Tue, 27 Feb 2001 08:11:22 GMT
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"Lee Gaiteri" <LummoxJR@aol.com> writes:

I hadn't considered conditional edge lines before (this being my
first part, it never crossed my mind; I'm still fairly new to Ldraw
and MLcad), but I liked the idea of putting them in.  Here's the
file with edge lines.

Thanks!  The cat looks much better with the conditional edge lines.


I didn't do this manually, since that would be darn near
impossible, but I wasn't online at the time to find any utilities
that might help, either. So, I wrote up a quick Java program to
automate the process, and just attached the output to the file.

That's a good idea for a LDraw tool!  I generally find that edge lines
are fairly difficult to handle, so I reckon other people will enjoy
the idea as well.

Fredrik



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  Re: Need part number for a dangerous predator
 
(...) I've done a little more work on the edger, and in the process I've discovered it's a *dandy* integrity checker. Edges that don't match up to just two shapes tend to leave one edge dangling; this helped me find an unnecessary triangle in the (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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(...) Thanks. I hadn't considered conditional edge lines before (this being my first part, it never crossed my mind; I'm still fairly new to Ldraw and MLcad), but I liked the idea of putting them in. Here's the file with edge lines. I didn't do this (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)  

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