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Re: Special tools used to build/design parts?
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Sat, 23 Dec 2000 17:51:40 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Marc Klein writes:
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> To convert a STL file to a DAT file, my program changes the format, detects quad faces, adds edgelines and optional
> edgelines and detects some circular primitives.
> To make the detection of primitive work, the facetisation of cylindric portion of the part must fit exactly the
> facetisation of circular primitives that is 16 edges for a complete circle.
Salut Marc, et merci pour ta reponse.
I visited your website and read your tips about using SolidWorks.
I undestand what you mean now for the primitive detection, making
the objects in CAD using polygons instead of circles. That makes
things a bit more complicated than I had hoped.
Also I read that you need to do some manual work in the .DAT file
after creating it with your utility. Is this a lot of work? I
am completely unfamiliar with internal details of .DAT files.
I'm wondering if it would be productive to the CAD community if
I could help by modelling parts in CAD (Pro/ENGINEER) and creating
the .DAT file, but then hand that .DAT file to someone else
who can "finish it", someone who is experienced with .DATs.
Would this be of any help? I don't yet fully understand how
it's decided who works on which parts, and how they are "approved"
into the official libraries.
Merci,
KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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 | | Re: Special tools used to build/design parts?
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| (...) Yes, for shure. The hand work is generally adding keywords, sometime I do only portion of the part and I add other primitives (like the spheric primitive in Technic Liftarm 1 x 7 with 2 ball joints - 32173.dat) Sometimes, I only modelise a (...) (24 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Special tools used to build/design parts?
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| (...) Yes that's it. You must check the tesalation of circular portions of a part to make the detection of primitive work, the facetisation of cylindric portion of the part must fit exactly the facetisation of circular primitives that is 16 edges (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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