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Re: 1381 Vampire Crypt figs (and garlic tile)
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Tue, 10 Sep 2002 20:28:55 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Steve Bliss writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> > > Could you do the heads as flat patterns, if there was a way to project them
> > > onto the minifig heads?
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> > quad2dat's author clearly is already thinking about this as there is a flat
> > pattern template for the head (what you would get if you unfolded the head
> > surfaces) but trying to use it gets you a crash...
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> Interesting. I can open the head template with no problem. It doesn't
> seem to want to save as DAT, though. I didn't get a crash.
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> It seems like it would be hard to get scans that are an unrolled version
> of the minifig head. That is, you'd have to roll the head along the
> surface of the scanner while it was scanning. Or (slightly more
> practical) you'd have to do several scans of the head, from different
> angles, then cut strips from each scan and paste them together.
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> Wouldn't it make more sense to build the quadpad file as if drawing on a
> glass pane placed in front of the minifig face, then project that
> construction onto the pseudo-cylinder by updating the Z values?
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> Steve
That is how I've coded up minifig heads in the past. Mentally divide face 45
degrees either side of the centre line and draw the region from +45 to -45 as a
plane, then project that onto the four facets of the hexdecagon. Then if
necessary, do the same for the lateral elements of the pattern.
Chris
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| (...) What's to post? I made a start on a raw list, and you're going to finish for me, right? ;) Seriously, here's the basic list I came up with for Studios minifigs. I'm not claiming that this list is complete or accurate; I spent at least 10 (...) (22 years ago, 10-Sep-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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