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Re: parts i plan to do
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sun, 28 Feb 1999 09:07:40 GMT
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Jonathan Wilson writes:
> > Good advice, Chris.
> > I would like to also point out that many of the parts in that list have • complex
> > shapes that would require type 5 optional lines to have them look good. So
> > Jonathan, you really need to have a good understanding of type 5 lines and • how
> > to use them.
> which parts need type 5 lines?
> i have done the boat mast base. get it from lugnet.cad.dat
> i am working on the notches at the top.
Almost any part which has convex curved surfaces will need type 5 lines.
Obviously if you can make use of the circular primitives, then they already
include the type 5 lines.
For example take a look at the town/space helmet (2446) of mine. The top
surface is made up of a series of conic sections (actually 16-sides prisms).
The joins between each of the 16 facets needs to be a type 5 line, as do the
circumferential lines between the layers. A good way to learn how to model is
to look at other peoples work (not just mine) - and a good technique for this
is to take a copy of the part, and change the colours of one section at a time.
This way you can see how the complex surfaces have been built out of series of
quads. Also (in LDraw at least) type 2 line parsing ignores extraneous
parameters, so if you change the 5s to 2s, all the type 5 lines will be
rendered, so you can see where they are.
Regarding the boast mast base - any reason why you have inlined some primitives
at the end?
Chris
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