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(...) Oh, good. :) I wasn't sure before, but after posting a follow-up to John today, I figured it out. Now, about those transparent parts with decorations... Steve (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I think we're using different meanings here. By 'local clipping', I mean the clip-setting in a subfile disappears when that subfile is finished. It is not carried back up to the superfile, and it is not reinstated if the same subfile is used (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Unless we have a solution to the invert case, the document's assertion is correct. (...) I think you are correct that NOWIND/UNKNOWN is not important/needed. For now, let's proceed assuming that decorations will be handled by using NOCLIP or (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I've kept thinking about it, and I don't see a solution. There are some algorithms that can figure out the normal/inverted question in some cases, but these algorithms would be too slow to implement in a rendering program. And they are not (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Tim, do you want to ask them, as the head honcho of ldraw.org content? Jacob, do you have a copy of James' site-files? I do, if you don't. Oops--I just checked, his site is back online. But maybe it makes sense to have a permanent mirror in (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: 71184 Bar 4.5L Straight is too short
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(...) I don't have the fix, but I did locate it on lugnet.cad.dat.parts. Normally, I'd require you to e-mail me the fix before I'd put it in an official release, but since you're a good modeler, I'll let it go this once. Just don't tell anyone. ;) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK, here's a counter-proposal: don't require all parts/primitives to be BFC'able, and allow both BFC-ready and BFC-not-ready files in the same rendering. This reintroduces the concept of having a single meta-statement at the start of each (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) As I said before, in this case it's more correct to use 3-4disc primitive, to avoid the T type juntions. (...) Yes, cracks may appear ! Same problem like in a T type junction But has someone said, nothing like real/concrete testing, so here (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve: (...) I can't see how Rui's suggested change gives any problems at all and I don't mind a few percent speed increase. (...) And? Does the "diameter line" not cross the radius? If there is a significant risk of a misalignment, then we (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Leonardo Zide wrote: [...SNIP...] (...) Actually I think you missunderstood something (or maybe I did), but the 0 INVERSE meta command is to be used ONLY with file references, that is: 0 INVERSE 1 16 x y z a b c d e f g h i (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: BFC checking program (was Re: Some Words To BFC)
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I seem to be missing a required .dll file: MFC42D.DLL. Can you send this, or can I find it somewhere else? -John Van (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I don't mind that because I preprocess the files anyway and anyone who wants to get a good speed increase should do the same. But it's not a good idea to turn on/off BFC several times and in some cases, it's nicer to have the faces reversed. (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm assuming that you're calling "BFC-ready" primitives that have all faces in the same direction. Primitives are not closed volumes so you'll always be able to see the backfaces. (...) I agree technically it doesn't make much difference, I (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Good idea. I know James parents are in Europe for another week or so I believe - they get back on something like the 14th if I remember correctly. -Tim (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Steve: (...) It would be very sad if all his work is lost, so we should definitely offer to host the site on ldraw.org, unless James' parents have another idea. (...) I think we should ask them about it. - And also ask if it is ok to continue the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:a5mpess6nipq4bp...4ax.com... snip (...) Me too. -John Van (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah, I fixed it once (and posted the fixed file), but I don't know if my fix ever made it to an official update... --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:i86oessafp98dp6...4ax.com... (...) These are both very good criticisms of my proposal--so I'll just modify my proposal :) If we fix all the official parts, then the renderer doesn't (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) As someone pointed out once, it's not a big deal to get all windings the same before passing the data to OpenGL. Just swap the order of the points. For quads, switch points 2 and 4. For triangles, switch points 2 and 3. This could/should be (...) (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 71184 Bar 4.5L Straight is too short
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(...) I'll doublecheck this issue tonight. Seems like we had this discussion before, but I don't remember the details. Argh. Steve (25 years ago, 6-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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