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I've been working on the pattern for 3069bpx28 "Tile 1 x 2 with Blue Screen and Red and Silver Panel Pattern" I'm having trouble stacking the different colors on each other, the main color bleeds through the other ones even when I've made 3 subpart (...) (16 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) You should not "stack" the colors. Each color is only in one area. For example if you have a red ring around a yellow disc you have to model the yellow disc and a red ring around it and not stack a red disc over the yellow ring. All surfaces (...) (16 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) That helps - it is also what I was afraid of - trying to fill in little gaps at weird angles. Thanks, back to the pasting board, ben (16 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) If you didn't use it, have a look to Quad2dat ((URL) this may help a lot! And to reimport what you already did, you may use Dat2qp: (URL) (16 years ago, 23-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) So how do I get Quad2Dat files back to a .dat file? Is there a reversal switch? (16 years ago, 24-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Use .dat option of "Save as" in Quad2Dat... Philo (16 years ago, 24-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Thanks, Things are slowly working themselves out as I get to know some new programs - and how to identify errors that come up and such. Hopefully, I'll be ready to submit an initial 3069bpx28.dat soon. Quad2Dat has become really helpful. Ben (16 years ago, 24-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Benjamin Lyttle wrote: Hi Ben, you should also aviod or bring down the number of T-junctions (URL) to a minimum. Bye, w. (16 years ago, 25-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) So I'm sitting here staring at my part and all of the quads I've used to make it up wondering, how do I minimize T-junctions? Are there primatives that can replace the quads/ triangles? I have a LOT of T-junctions in what I've made up so far. (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Ok so for reference I'm going to try to link you to brickshelf where I've uploaded an MLcad screenshot (URL) is where I'm at - I did actually notice the 'holes' talked about in the article when moving the image around in Mlcad. hope this works (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) You know what, I just figured how to manipulate rect.dat - do those make a difference with 'holes' or is it the same thing? (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) up wondering, how do I minimize T-junctions? Are there primatives that (...) replace the quads/ triangles? I have a LOT of T-junctions in what I've (...) so far. I'm still getting my head around Quad2dat. Suggestions?!? First of all, as far as (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) That's supposed to say that the bottom version is made up of 4 quads. --Travis (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) [SNIP-SNAP] Travis, this is a fine explanation! How about uploading a more formal version to the tutorial page (URL) or the specs (URL) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) It's the same thing. Actually, it's worse -- rect.dat has edge-lines. So it can't be used in place of a quad. Generally, avoiding t-junctions is harder when working with primitives - you have to know where the outside vertices are on the (...) (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) you put the two images from my post into LDraw's gallery, and send me links to them, I'll add a page to ldraw.org. --Travis (16 years ago, 26-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) etc. (...) I was wondering if you upload a more concrete example using a lego editing tool and show what the difference would look like between the three examples using one of them - it would be helpful to me to be able to see something that (...) (16 years ago, 27-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Unfortunately, I don't think that T-junctions can be made visible in MLCad, since I don't think it has a wireframe mode. However, if you use LDraw Design Pad with LDView in polling mode, you can set LDView to wireframe, and the T-junctions (...) (16 years ago, 27-Aug-08, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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