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(...) Thanks! (...) I knew that ! ;) (...) LDraw doesn't, but this specification is for new Programs which are backwards compatible with Ldraw, but with a bunch of new enhancements. Check the instructions of any LEGO MODEL and you will see an (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex
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Lars mentions the problem of "uncertified" parts using "certified" primitives. Is it so much of a problem? <much thinking> I can't find any other easy solution than using different names for the "certified" versions of the _primitives_. That way we (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex
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Gary Williams wrote in message ... (...) Well, inside/outside-ness also counts. It doesn't make sense to certify a part before ALL its subfiles have defined what is inside/outside. Until then you cannot determine whether or not you need any INVERTS. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: CW/CCW, vertex sequence, co-planar, convex, (115kB)
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Gary Williams wrote in message ... (...) I agree with Gary that mirroring should not turn subfiles inside-out. The rendering program should correct (C)CW-ness by looking at the transformation. Part authors should use the INVERT for explicitly (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Comprehensive meta-command list
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Gary Williams wrote in message ... (...) Well, my assumption was that CCW was the default and that the current facing was passed to the subfile. Under these circumstances I think that my two examples are equivalent! But I admit that the idea that (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Clipping / CCW / CW / INVERT
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(...) I believe this is incorrect, no? ALL transparent surfaces should appear, if only to make a contribution to the color that underlying surfaces appear to be (consider a trans blue surface in front of a trans yellow in front of a white... ) (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Lots of good stuff in your post, Rui! (...) (Side note: there are not actually any solids in LDraw. Only lines and polygons). (...) Actually, since LDraw doesn't do shading, transparent surfaces *can* be clipped. Only edges, the top-most solid (...) (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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(...) Thank you very much! Steve (25 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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(...) Sun's implementations are free. Some others are not. Personally I use Sun's jdks... Have a look at: (2 URLs) you are under a Windows environment As a reply to Leonardo msg: You are right, but I encourage newcomers to the Java language to use (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Hidden surface removal, and vertex order in part/primitive DAT files
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(...) In this sense we agree! It would be a shame if after a so long emails exchange we didn't ;-) (...) I read .dat files in the std LDraw folders, and simply output oriented .dat files in another one. For duplicate instances, I use a folder name (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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