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Re: LSynth synthesis and needed sub-parts
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Tue, 22 Feb 2005 14:14:03 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Willy Tschager wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Steve Bliss wrote:
In lugnet.cad.dev, Kevin L. Clague wrote:
  Where possible I've eliminated the unoffical parts that could easily be
replaced with primitives, but this still leaves us with some parts that are
not official LEGO parts, but I'd like to be available in official LDraw parts
library releases.

That sounds reasonable.  We've done this before, with light.dat.  Do the files
have comments identifying what they are used for?  If they're going into the
official library, it'd nice to try and make them useable by any program doing
the same thing.

Most of them have a comment indicating that they are for lsynth.  Willy says a
few of the parts to do not.  I'll update them.

hi kevin,

IMHO the main problem is that there is some confusion about the LS00.dat
constrain an the rest like the flex-axle-end. my understanding now is that the
ONLY constrain for all tubes is LS00.dat while the rest is used in the synthesis
itself. if this is true I suggest to  put the LS00.dat in the \PARTS folder and
the rest like LS40.dat in \s. especially the flex-axle-end created much
headaches with people believing they had to use the end part instead of the
constrain.

Hi Willy,

  Hah!  RTFM!  *The book* "LEGO Software Power Tools" makes it clear that
LS00.DAT is the only constraint associated with hoses.  Sorry, just in a good
mood, because I just finished up rewriting the band synthesis code and made it
much more robust.

  LS00.DAT is needed as a constraint.
  LS30.DAT is to be used by CAD users for the thick end of a fiber optic cable,
but not as a synthesis constraint.
  LS40.DAT is to be used by CAD users for Flex Axle end, but not as a synthesis
constraint.

hi kevin,

it's because I'm allergic to manuals and I’m usually in trail’n’error mode ;-))
but seriously, the problem I had  with the flexible axle (and some others who
contacted me because of the MLCad/Lsynth tutorial) is the fact that the
synthesis comes without the end pieces. LS40.dat. the pneumatic hose gets
synthesised with ~technic flex-system hose end pieces; the flex-axle just with
axle.dat. one starts to believe he has to use the axle end piece instead of the
constraints. in order to get rid of this logical ambiguity I suggest once more
to move all parts used for synthesises to the \s folder an leave just the
LS00.dat in \parts (beside adding the LS40.dat to the synthesis if this is
possible).

w.



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(...) Hi Willy, Hah! RTFM! *The book* "LEGO Software Power Tools" makes it clear that LS00.DAT is the only constraint associated with hoses. Sorry, just in a good mood, because I just finished up rewriting the band synthesis code and made it much (...) (20 years ago, 22-Feb-05, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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