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Re: Discussion-Large Technic Shock 2909c01.dat
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 25 May 1999 14:39:53 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Manfred Moolhuysen writes:
> Is it possible to model the coil with a narrower or more rounded cross
> section? this would reduce the scaling problems.
> > Thanks, Manfred,
it would be no problem to model the coils/wraps with *any* cross-section shape
in the universe.. the reason i went with a diamond was simply to reduce the
number of faces that would have to be rendered... i figured that the metal
portion of the spring was small enough that it didn't need much detail, so
having the renderer tackle fewer faces just makes things run faster for
everyone, no matter what proggy they are using (LDraw, LEdit, LDLite, POV-
Ray)... i have a tendancy to put too much detail in all my modeling work, so
when doing LDraw elements i make an extra effort to pare things down, keeping
in mind that we aren't dealing with professionally-optimized software... if
the community wants a more-detailed cross-section, you can have it. no
problemo!.. i'm just sort of sitting back waiting for the concensus on this
one, i can tackle pretty much any decision we agree upon..
J
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| (...) Yes, the consensus. That is the tough part. I do think that, whichever way we decide to go, that the cross-section should have a little more roundness to it. The output in POV-Ray is proof of that. OK people, how about this: Manfreds (...) (25 years ago, 26-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Discussion-Large Technic Shock 2909c01.dat
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| In lugnet.cad.dev, Terry Keller writes: (about my file COILTEST.DAT in LUGNET.CAD.DAT.PARTS) [snip] (...) It wasn't difficult at all, I just did a copy of the spring section lines from the shock absorber shortcut file, and did a paste two times in a (...) (25 years ago, 25-May-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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