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(...) Two things: 1. I would *recommend* using BMP2DAT (or any similar tool) only to generate a starting point. Get an initial DAT with the pattern, and then replace the pixel-commands with fewer, cleaner triangles and quads. 2. Some patterns are (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK. I concede that is a valid use. As long as the part author has the intention and the skill to "do the right thing" and not just use the output to slap on a part. (...) Again, OK. You are right. I was pretty much expressing my knee-jerk (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I am wondering if there might be cases where a worthwhile approach would be to start with a raster DAT (that's the bitmap after 2DAT'ing it), and replace some or most (but not all) with vector commands. I think this approach may work on things (...) (26 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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