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Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:08:14 GMT
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> The rings aren't actually for POV- they're for LDraw. They are simply
> sections of 16-sided "curves" (and yes- they are in the "p" directory). The
> rotation/scaling matrix turns them and scales them up to fit onto the
> panel's surface. You can do this manually by tweaking the values directly,
> or do the rotation in a tool like MLCAD. Once you know how to work with the
> primitives, they make parts like this trivial to create.
I don't know if we understand each other. As I understood from de L3P
manual, some primitives from the P-dir are substituted by L3P to POV
primitives. If you take a look at
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=152159 (where the new panels
are used) you will notice that the circels are now round, and not, as in my
version, 18-sided.
Let me get this staight: I don't want to sound as a know-it-all!
> Using primitives at this point doesn't really do anything for you, because
> you already manually built the quads and triangles that make up the curves.
> The only reason to switch over now is to make for a smaller file and to be
> more consistent with other parts (neither of which is critical in this
> case). Your approach actually models a curve slightly better, as it uses
> 18-sided polygons instead of 16-sided.
I understand, but again, I don't understand or know which primiives are
available and what they are used for.
> Also- I believe that chrome sections are supposed to be separated into
> subfiles, though I'm not sure exactly what the rules are here.
Thanks for the feedback!
De groeten, Jeroen
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 | | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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| (...) I stand corrected- I didn't realize that L3P did that. I just checked through the text file and found the reference to it. So yes, using primitives is a better way to go. Ugh, and now I have to rethink how I lay out some parts, as the (...) (24 years ago, 10-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: panel with round windows (for 10020) updated
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| (...) The rings aren't actually for POV- they're for LDraw. They are simply sections of 16-sided "curves" (and yes- they are in the "p" directory). The rotation/scaling matrix turns them and scales them up to fit onto the panel's surface. You can do (...) (24 years ago, 9-Apr-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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