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Re: New Part? - 30117 - Panel 8 x 8 x 2 2/3
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Mon, 9 Jul 2001 04:21:54 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Sascha Broich writes:
Hi, I am using ldraw and MLCad since a few months
and I have searched for the part 30117 (UFO top saucer section)
but I did not found it. So I have made my own one.

I hope this is correct - LMKWYT

/CU Bernd
Very nice job, especially if this is your first part!

Steve Bliss started this part which eventually became used as a "mock-up". I
was supposed to finish it, but several other parts were needed that had a
higher priority.

The Link for Steve's part is;
http://www.lugnet.com/cad/dat/?n=213
(please also read the additional comments on that post.)

I have looked your part over. A few things I have noticed are;

Orientation. It is my impression that all parts using studs are orientated
so that the top surface under the topmost stud is Y=0.

If you want this part to replace Steve's part for other people's model
creations, you need to rotate this part around the Y axis by 180 degrees.
However the way you have it now matches up with 30201(the bottom matching
piece).

Email me and I will try to explain a few of the quad "errors", or
"fracturing" I have noticed.

Please don't feel bad about any errors. I made the 30201 part. I had to
start it over 3 times. The calculations to keep the surfaces planar drove me
crazy. Eventually I made a spreadsheet & calculator to help out. They are
available on my "Utilities" page.

The outer edges of your 30117 should match up to the 30201. a sample dat
file for comparison is like this;

0 Name: 30117tst.dat
0 Author: Paul Easter
0 Unofficial Element
0
0 test lines by Paul Easter
0 this file created with LDAO 2.1.4
0 origin
  1 16 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 1 z100.dat
0 false rotation center for viewing in l3lab
  1 16 -100 0 100  200 0 0  0 200 0  0 0 200 point.dat
0 30117sb.dat is Steve Bliss' part
0  1 16 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 1 30117sb.dat
  1 40  0 -56 0  -1 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 -1 30117sb.dat
  1 10 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 30201.dat
0  1 10 0 64 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 30201.dat
0 30117bb.dat is Bernd Broich's part
  1 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 30117bb.dat
0  1 12 0 56 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 30117bb.dat
0



Good job!
I hope I have helped. I get very few comments on my parts, and I really
appreciate any I get.

Paul

http://www.geocities.com/pneaster/lego_parts.htm (finished parts)
http://www.geocities.com/pneaster/lego_todo.htm (in process)
http://www.geocities.com/pneaster/lego_todo2.htm (planned)



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  New Part? - 30117 - Panel 8 x 8 x 2 2/3  [DAT]
 
Hi, I am using ldraw and MLCad since a few months and I have searched for the part 30117 (UFO top saucer section) but I did not found it. So I have made my own one. I hope this is correct - LMKWYT /CU Bernd 0 Panel 8 x 8 x 2 2/3 quarter saucer top 0 (...) (23 years ago, 6-Jul-01, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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