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Re: Parts editing made easy, anyone?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sat, 22 Jan 2005 18:34:16 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Jindrich Kubec wrote:
> Darrell Urbien wrote:
> > - LDR/DAT files created by the available converters (I use 3DWin) are large and
> > messy (no cond. line/primitives, etc.) As converted, I have been unable to
> > submit any of my AutoCAD-3DS-generated parts to the Parts Tracker. Your
> > translator would have to be just as "clean" as the text-coded stuff.
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> Why? Is the .DAT file supposed to be readable by humans? Why? ;)
If for nothing else, to permit them to be used as the basis for the manual
creation of similar parts, and abstraction into resuable sub-components. Not a
strong reason, but worth considering.
> What's wrong with the larger number of polygons?
> What positives (from the side of the automated rendering process) does
> bring the existence of primitives?
To use just one example - the STUD primitive : stud.dat.
Using this allows renderers to :
- include the LEGO logo, reduce the sharpness of the upper edge, convert to a
true cylinder, thus improving the image quality.
- substitute the low-quality stud replacement (stu2.dat), or even just a line
thus reducing render time for draft renders
- buffer highly repetitious components thus reducing render time
> What's wrong with the larger file size in the year 2005, when the
> harddrives have disks 80+GBs, at least?
> etc.
I don't think we should limit the LDraw library to users with state-of-the-art
PCs - not all users have 80Gb disk drives. But disk storage space is not the
only issue - larger files and a larger library means longer download times, and
not everyone is on high-speed broadband.
>
> Jindroush
Chris
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