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Re: Need for rect primitive with two or one edge?
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Fri, 31 Jan 2003 13:37:08 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, Lance Hopenwasser writes:
> Assuming these don't already exist (I looked for rect2.dat on Parts Tracker,
> but could find nothing -- speaking of which, the "complete" unofficial parts
> zip seems to be out of date, since it is missing some stuff):
> 
> Would it be reasonable to create a rect primitive that has two edges
> parallel to each other?  How about two edges perpendicular?  How about a
> rect with only one edge?  There are several places in the piece I am almost
> done with where substitituting such primitives would save a bit on
> byte-space.  Or is this getting too close to "might as well just use the
> basic polygons and edges".  If the consensus is that these should exist, I'd
> be happy to kick them out real quick (naming suggestions, anyone)?
> 
> --Lance--

The Rectangle with 2 Parallel Edges (rect2p.dat) was already on the Parts
Tracker. I've just added rect2a.dat (Rectangle with 2 Adjacent Edges) and
rect1.dat (Rectangle with 1 Edge).

I can't fix the zip file right now, but will try to get to it at the weekend,
unless Steve Bliss gets there first.

Chris



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  Re: Need for rect primitive with two or one edge?
 
(...) What was it missing? We did have a problem running out of disk space recently, that could have caused the trouble. (...) I've rebuilt the zip file. I should probably set that up to run as a daily job. Steve (24 years ago, 1-Feb-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)

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Assuming these don't already exist (I looked for rect2.dat on Parts Tracker, but could find nothing -- speaking of which, the "complete" unofficial parts zip seems to be out of date, since it is missing some stuff): Would it be reasonable to create (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-03, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dev)

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