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Chris Dee wrote in message ... (...) partly (...) plastic. (...) is a (...) The algorithm I came up with yesterday will handle such cases. Basically for every face in a polygon, I'll pass a ray through it and count the number of polygons that it (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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John VanZwieten wrote in message ... (...) I ran the search for 'backface culling', but it came up with four un-related articles. :( -GW (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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John VanZwieten wrote in message ... (...) fix (...) worry (...) file. (...) Thanks for the tip, I'll run a search. Actually I think I've worked out in my mind an automatic clockwise-sorting algorithm. It will fail for primitives like studs which (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'd be mighty impressed, too, if you could do this automatically. For solid polyhedra, it's not too difficult as you can assume that the origin of the solid is within the material, but most Lego parts are re-entrent (ie. partly hollow), so (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: anyone else notice this?
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Hello Jonathan, (...) I was thinking of doing that one also. Planning to strart it about halfway October. (...) Mm, too big for me right now, I think I leave that up to someone else. But I could donate the early stage of the curved track file, (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | ldraw.org up and running again (Was: ldraw.org down until Monday)
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As I promised Friday: ldraw.org is up and running again thanks to a friend of mine who installed a new kernel on hugin. Play well, Jacob PS: I have recieved a message from the Danish backbone operator, warning me that the connection to Risø will be (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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(...) If you run a LUGNET search on backface culling, you'll find extensive discussion of this. Some parts (mostly done by Steve Bliss) have a "0 CW- Compliant" tag, which means you can use backface culling on them. It would be pretty amazing if you (...) (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Heya all ! Where can I download part number 2409 and all other parts ? I need this part for my PD model for Datsville. Where can I get all LDraw parts ? (It was on geocities but now I can't find it.) Thanx. Rene e-mail: virsik@sco.svf.stuba.sk (25 years ago, 27-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I performed some hidden surface removal tests today (I should have been working on other things, like the inventory file cleanup utility...) and it appears that there isn't a standard order for listing vertices in DAT files (I only tested a few (...) (25 years ago, 26-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldraw.org Model of the Month
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(...) If a "list of what was chosen, selected or inputted as text, mailed to a specified address" sort of form result is sufficient for your uses, you needn't even do that. See: (URL) view source for the page, or copy the page to your own server and (...) (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) You're basically looking for the same voting script that Todd uses on lugnet's cool site of the week page ((URL) right? Why not just ask him for the source and adapt it to your uses? Adrian -- (URL) (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Yet another mini-project that can enhance ldraw.org... I remember talking about the Model of the Month feature and plans for it, but discussion fizzled. I think we can get this up and running in a few days if we recall what was discussed and if (...) (25 years ago, 25-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: ldraw.org down until Monday (was: ldraw.org failing DNS lookup?)
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(...) [...] (...) Todd beat me to the punch I see :) Well, sorry guys for this unexpected inconvenience. -Tim ldraw.org Project Coordinator (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | ldraw.org down until Monday (was: ldraw.org failing DNS lookup?)
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(...) Jacob asked me to post the following message... --Todd ___...___ From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@cats.nbi.dk> Message-Id: <199909241830.UAA100...ts.nbi.dk> Subject: ldraw.org down until monday To: lehman@javanet.com (Todd Lehman) Date: (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: Question on Colors for MLCad!
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Ok, MLCad already supports color meta commands of LDLite except the naming feature, I'll try to implement this into the next version, along with some suggestions from the articles arround "Suggestions for developers of LCAD programs. But one (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Are you doing the inside curve as well? What about the points? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Hello Jonathan, After a bitter conflict I've been able to wriggle my way back again to my former workplace. I had almost no access to internet during that time, so I used it very wisely. As you may have noticed on the parts tracker by now, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) LOL :) (...) No prob. -Tim Courtney ldraw.org Project Coordinator (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. Patience -- how long will *THAT* take?!? :-, Thanks for the quick reply, Tim! Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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