Subject:
|
Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.cad.dev
|
Date:
|
Thu, 13 Apr 2000 06:53:36 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
1880 times
|
| |
|
|
"Jonathan Gevaryahu" <Jgevaryahu(remove)@hotmail.com> writes:
> can't you just add:
>
> 6 c x y z a b c d e f g h i x' y' z' xxxxx.dat
>
> where 6: x, y, and z are the position of the initial copy of the
> subpart/primitive (abcdefghi are the orientation),
>
> 7 x y z a b c d e f g h i x'' y'' z'' xxxxx.dat
>
> and 7: x, y, and z are the final position (same thing w/final
> orientation), and x', y', z' is one point pertinent to the curve,
> x'' y'', z'' is another!
The problem with this approach is that there are many ways to draw a
curve from one point to another, even given the angles at the end
points.
The user may have some preferences, for example that there should be a
clip connected to the hose at some point or that the hose should bend
in a specific way because there are some objects in the path.
Fredrik
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
|
| (...) here's one solution: linetype 6 can be used multiple times in a row, with the x, y, and z set to where the curve must pass through, and the orientation to what the tube must look like in that position. hey, it *MIGHT* work. another, MUCH (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: Voting Open for LCAD Parts Update 2000-01
|
| (...) [snip] Hey. why not add a new linetype or two to the ldraw format? this would solve both problems simultaneously: platform, and detail. (e.g. now it's the renderer's problem, not ours!) can't you just add: 6 c x y z a b c d e f g h i x' y' z' (...) (25 years ago, 13-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
|
73 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
