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Re: unofficial new primitive -- "Rounded Corner"
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sat, 16 Sep 2000 03:29:38 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Franklin W. Cain wrote:
> (Oh, BTW, I have found that I *cannot* use commas
> inside a DAT file, because whenever LDAO processes that file,
> whether to compact it or inline it, IIRC, it inserts a
> carriage-return/line-feed just after the comma,
> which screws things up for the DAT file.)
Ooo, ick. I'll look into that. There's plenty of code in LDAO that does
substitutions like tabs to blanks and CRs to CRLFs, but I don't remember
doing anything with commas. And I usually pass code around in text
buffers, not using the inherent I/O routines to parse. Hmm.
> I've not yet re-oriented the DAT file.
> ... But I'd like to know *why* this would be needed.
"Needed" might be too strong. It's a stylistic thing. I feel that the
convex orientation is easier to work with, for two reasons:
a. it's self-documenting. In the convex orientation, it's fairly easy to
see that the object is a section of a sphere.
b. most of the time, part-authors will use it in a convex mode. Even most
interior corners will require a convex orientation.
Steve
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 | | Re: unofficial new primitive -- "Rounded Corner"
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| (...) It took me a while, but I finally realized why I'm so hesitant to re-orient this file... It's (part of) a sphere, and _all_ of the sphere (and disc/non-disc/edge) files are oriented such that the "centerpoint" (i.e., focus) of the (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: unofficial new primitive -- "Rounded Corner"
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| (...) Yes, thanks to your message with explanatory image. :-) Please consider giving that to whomever is in charge of maintaining the L-CAD FAQ at ldraw.org. (...) Using Steve's sugggestion as well, I'll call it "1-8sphc.dat". I've also inserted (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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