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Re: New minifig-scale anthromorphic lifter/loader
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Date: 
Fri, 17 Mar 2000 11:51:11 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tore Eriksson writes:
> 
> 
> Bram Lambrecht wrote:
> 
> > The patterns that didn't show up are (incorrectly) made up of lines instead
> > of polygons.  L3P can't distinguish between edge lines and pattern lines, so
> > it leaves them out altogether.  Someone really should fix all the patterns
> > which use lines.  Maybe we should make an effort to gather all the parts
> > with line patterns and split them up among volunteers who will replace the
> > lines with 1 LDU wide polygons...
> > --Bram
> 
> First step is to make a list of parts to redo.
> Then we need to know if the lines are about one LDU thick.
> Then I can volunteer on some parts - and hopefully some more?
> 
> /Tore

Please beware that there are genuine reasons for having lines in patterns so
long as they are hidden within polygons - so don't assume that any patterned
part with a type 2 line is in error. This technique helps to prevent the
pattern disappearing completely at low mag (in LDraw, LDLite, L3P, etc) - a
technique which John VanZwieten has popularised - see for example the "S"
pattern torso (973P14.dat). However, the line should definitely be within the
boundaries of a polygon of the same colour.

I am happy to take on the flat road/airport/space baseplates, some of which
have line borders around the markings because they use rect.dat primitives
instead of type 4 lines. I strongly believe this is incorrect. I was already
planning to work on the yellow space baseplates, as I have two other variants
of the landing pad, and the lines on the "T" plate do not line up.

Chris



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  Re: New minifig-scale anthromorphic lifter/loader
 
(...) First step is to make a list of parts to redo. Then we need to know if the lines are about one LDU thick. Then I can volunteer on some parts - and hopefully some more? /Tore (27 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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