Subject:
|
Re: LDraw DAT format standard questions
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.cad.dev
|
Date:
|
Tue, 25 Apr 2000 03:32:44 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
619 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.cad, Tim Courtney writes:
> Hey all... • .>
> Also, I was talking to Paul Gyugyi a couple weeks ago at his house and
> he mentioned that .dat would be a WHOLE lot better if the format could
> support smooth round surfaces, instead of having to rely on planes to
> simulate rounded surfaces. Could something be appended to the format
> for 2nd gen editors to pick up on and utilize this type of feature?
> It would improve the quality of LDraw-based renderings tremendously.
> Thoughts?
> -Tim
This is an execelent idea. Something like a bicubic patch or a NERB would be
the most generic and flexible. For specialized elements, I think most parts
could be defined with portions of spheres and portions of cones with the
radius at each end definable.
-Chuck
|
|
Message is in Reply To:
5 Messages in This Thread:
  
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
