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Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Thu, 15 Apr 1999 00:38:32 GMT
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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 12:48:24 GMT, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 04:01:47 GMT, legoverse@geocities.com (Terry K) wrote:
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> > On Tue, 13 Apr 1999 19:55:35 GMT, "Jeff Stembel" <Dragonelf1@aol.com> wrote:
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> > > In lugnet.cad.dev, Terry Keller writes:
> > > > Do NOT use BMP2DAT for transforming bitmaps to ldraw code.
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> > > I used the BMP to Dat converter that is in Steve's LDraw Add-on. Is that
> > > acceptable? If not, do you have any suggestions on what I should use? Should
> > > I *not* be making the patterns as bitmaps (i.e. use internal shapes instead)?
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> > Nope. That is the bad boy, AFAIK.
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> Two things:
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> 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.
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.
> 2. Some patterns are complex enough to condone use of the conversion tools.
Again, OK. You are right.
I was pretty much expressing my knee-jerk reaction. Sorry.
-- Terry K --
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Is there a Part creating Tutorial?
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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