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Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:50:43 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Stefan Gustavson wrote:
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> If there was a simple way to model a Lego element in some common 3D modeling
> program, export to a file and have it automatically converted into a clean,
> fully finished LDR part file, would it be useful to anyone? If so, please tell
> me and I will look closer into the problem. (My software, if I wrote it, would
> be free and open source.)
Hi Stefan, yes I believe there would be interest in such a utility.
And yes, I believe most people still used text-based programs to edit parts.
There are tools that make it a bit easier, like LDDesignPad, but it's still
basically just a text editor with a few bells & whistles.
A couple of things though - you may need to limit the accuracy of values it
generates. I don't think we need any more than 4DP (except maybe for
primitives).
And that brings up the issue of primitive use - it is always good to use
available primitives if possible, would your program be able to recognise when
they can be used?
Also, you have to make sure it doesn't create huge, unreadable files. I will
make an example of the Big Ben Bricks wheels, which were obtained from a CAD
program used for generating molds, see http://www.bigbenbricks.com/ldraw.html
While these produce nice, very accurate output, they have way more polygons than
necessary for Ldraw, and they would be impossible to maintain. Your utility
would need to somehow make sure the output is "Author Friendly".
Regards
ROSCO
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| (...) Like, wow! Triple wow! Fisrt LCAD, and now LCAM! I wonder how expesive that could be! And I wonder if they are willing to make some custom size Classic style windows and not only train wheels! And I wish that LEGO would offer the same service, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| Are parts authors really using text editors to compose new parts? I find it hard to understand that a text editor is still the tool of choice for this relatively complicated modeling task. I might be wrong and could need an update on what tools (...) (20 years ago, 21-Jan-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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