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Re: Part Authors: opinions sought on T-Junctions
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lugnet.cad.dat.parts
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Sun, 4 Mar 2007 18:41:03 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Travis Cobbs wrote:
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So, what do you as part authors think? Should T-junctions be avoided in
order to avoid the rendering errors that they can introduce, or should part
authors continue to strive to make parts with the fewest number of polygons
possible?
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in all the parts I’ve made so far there is just one with a t-junction:
(if I remember correctly it’s where the two red quads are surrounded by the
white border)
but it is forgiveable I think, as it was one of the first parts I’ve ever
authored. I have thought about many time to fix it just because of that
junction but since noone ever complained I stood silent. anyway, I consider
T-junk bad style, especially when used in combination with primitives. I do
not
care much about the number of polygons - which in my case is easy as I’m
always going for too much detail right from the start which ends in fat,
obese,
high calorie parts ... in no way healthy for your memory ;-)
w.
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 | | Re: Part Authors: opinions sought on T-Junctions
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| (...) There are T-junctions there, but the ones that produce the most visible dots are between the white stripe and the moon. Both of those colors are light, so the dark background showing through is much higher contrast, which makes the dots much (...) (18 years ago, 5-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Part Authors: opinions sought on T-Junctions
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| If you are a part author, I'd appreciate it if you read this post. I know it's long, but it needs to be in order to correctly describe the issue. When looking at one one of the parts in the inaugural Part of the Month contest in LDView (on my work (...) (18 years ago, 4-Mar-07, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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