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Re: Voting Comments
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lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Tue, 18 May 1999 06:43:11 GMT
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On Tue, 18 May 1999 03:05:08 GMT, "John VanZwieten" <john_vanzwieten@msn.com>
wrote:

> In lugnet.cad.dev, Terry Keller writes:
> > OK, LDraw elitists,
> > 
> > The voting page is up:
> > http://hugin.ldraw.org/JJ_Memorial/voting/datvote
> 
> 
> It took me a while, but here are my comments on the current batch of voting
> parts.  Since others have looked closely at the patterned baseplates, I
> ignored those.
> 
> 2851:  This may be getting a bit picky for this part, but where the peg holes
> meet the rounded edge, this surface is modeled as flat, rather than rounded.
> As a result, the 1-4cyli.dats do not match up to the 4-4cyli.dats.  This is
> mostly noticable in ldlite with shading on.
> 
> 2854:  There are little gaps on either side of the "canyon" where the axlehole
> is open on its side.  I think in the following lines, 3 should be replaced
> with 4.
> 4 16 -1 -1 -10 -3 -1 -10 -3 -1 0 -1 -1 0
> 4 16 -1 1 -10 -3 1 -10 -3 1 0 -1 1 0
> 4 16 1 -1 10 3 -1 10 3 -1 0 1 -1 0
> 4 16 1 1 10 3 1 10 3 1 0 1 1 0
> 
> 290:  The optional lines got changed from "5 24 ..." to "4 24 ..." creating
> some interesting striations on the vertical tube.  This probably happened
> during in inline operation.  (Is this bug still in LDAO?)
> 
> 30093:  Fun piece!  I think edge lines are missing where the outer stems
> connect to the inner stems.
> 
> Patterned minifig heads:  just a suggestion.  I think using 1-8cyli.dat for
> the non-patterned "cheeks" would improve the look of these parts in POV-Ray
> quite a bit.  I don't know if the back of the head uses cyli.dats, but it
> should as well.
> 
> 9326p19:  another suggestion.  Chris, if you add edge-line drawing of the
> insignia in black before you draw the quads for the stripes, the insignia will
> show up better at lower magnifications.

Good observations, all.

> x733:  does this part really have no studs underneath?

Ah ha!  A question I can answer!  I asked Tore the same question, and he
assured me the part is indeed studless.  As shown.

-- Terry K --



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(...) It took me a while, but here are my comments on the current batch of voting parts. Since others have looked closely at the patterned baseplates, I ignored those. 2851: This may be getting a bit picky for this part, but where the peg holes meet (...) (27 years ago, 18-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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