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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, Don Heyse writes:
> In lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, Travis Cobbs writes:
> > In lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, Mark Kennedy writes:
> > > Travis, here is a low res version of your sphere primitive. I moved the type • 5
> > > lines from the edge into the other sphere primitives, as to prevent them • from
> > > showing up when it placed against a torus. I could move the edge lines back
> > > into the file if people think I should though, (It would save some space off • of
> > > the 2-8, 4-8, and 8-8 versions)
> >
> > I have two comments. The first is that while I prefer my sphere tesselation
> > to the standard one (and presumably you do also :-), a number of people
> > prefer the standard one. I think that a vote of some sort might be in order
> > before replacing the standard one.
>
> FWIW I also like the new one better.
>
> > My second comment is about the type 5 edge lines. I don't think the real
> > problem with removing them is the file size of the other sphere primitives;
> > the real problem is the fact that all (or at least almost all) parts that
> > use a sphere primitive will have to be updated to put the type 5 edge lines
> > back in. To make matters worse, this isn't actually possible to do in a way
> > that is compatible with arbitrary complexity primitive substitution.
>
> I agree. The type 5 lines from the edges belong in the file. See
> here for my convoluted and poorly written reasoning.
>
> http://news.lugnet.com/cad/dev/?n=7192
>
> Don
Okay, I will add them back in. This will also make them unnecessarry for the
larger versions.
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| (...) I'm not sure I understand why they'd be unnecessary for the larger versions. I thought the idea was that ALL these primitives would have type 5 lines at the edges, but they would be extended in the tangent plane and thus only do half the job, (...) (25 years ago, 8-May-02, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives)
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