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Re: new part - 71014 Castle Greatsword
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Date: 
Thu, 23 Mar 2000 17:13:47 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, John VanZwieten writes:
> 
> I've got several suggestions for you on this part:
> 
> Only type 2 and type 5 lines should have color 24.
> Edge primitives should take color 16,
> since the color 24 is hard-coded into the primitive definition.

Yeah, I noticed this also (*after* I posted it, of course).  :-P
I've already fixed this in the version I've got here,
and I'll re-post it later (I wanted to wait and see if
there were any other fixes it needed,
and speaking of which... ;-)

> I think the more narrow edgelines for the grip are offset
> so that they are placed in the middle of the wider sections of the grip.

I don't understand this.
The way I see the grip of this piece in reality
is that there are a but of toruses ("tori"?...been too many years
since I took Latin ;-) stacked atop one another,
but the only way I could simulate this was with cone/rings.
The "edge lines" in this case are to simulate the gaps
that I see between the toruses when I look at the greatsword
real close.

> You should use type 2 and/or type 5 lines
> for the thick areas of the blade.
> If you view the sword from the front in wireframe mode,
> the thickness of the blade dissappears.

ACK!
Good one.
I'll have to fix this.

> Edgelines should be added where the guard intersects the quillioins,
> and where the grip intersects the pommel.

[shudder]

I'm not really that comfortable
with intersecting curved surfaces
(as amply demonstrated by the way
I klooged together the Cattlehorns piece. ;-)

I honestly did the best I could
with my current understanding
of the curved primitives.

If anyone has some really, *really* specific advice
("insert the following pre-coded line...."),
I'd be happy to accept it.

> If any of this is unclear, just let me know :)

Thanks!  :-)

Franklin



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  Re: new part - 71014 Castle Greatsword
 
Typo fixed... :-( (...) ^^^^^ (I'm a clumsy typist......) (...) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
  Re: new part - 71014 Castle Greatsword
 
Franklin W. Cain <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Frvx6z.Bv@lugnet.com... (...) But I think the edge lines ended up inside the torii, instead of between them. (...) I can appreciate the shudder, because putting those edgelines around the (...) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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  Re: new part - 71014 Castle Greatsword
 
Franklin W. Cain <fwcain@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Frs6qw.2J0@lugnet.com... (...) I've got several suggestions for you on this part: Only type 2 and type 5 lines should have color 24. Edge primitives should take color 16, since the color 24 (...) (27 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)

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