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(...) Can you make an AutoCAD block out of more primitive AutoCAD blocks? I don't know. That's why I'd like see some simple examples exported to DXF from AutoCAD. I don't really care whether an AutoCAD version of the parts uses volumes or faces, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I would like to discuss this because I'm not sure that would be the best path to follow. Translating (AutoCad) volume models into (Ldraw) face models could proove to be difficult. Maybe you're better off to build the Autocad model with faces (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) You're not the only one who wants that. See here: (URL) we have a few utilities, but no comprehensive system that I know of which could be used to design models in AutoCAD. There are programs that seem geared to creating parts in AutoCAD and (...) (22 years ago, 7-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Formalizing a method for handling synthesizable parts
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(...) You could always train it to know (and do it in a data file driven way so it's easy to add new types) (...) 2 levels of subfiles perhaps??? one subfile for the part which contains the synthesized part reference (another subfile) as well as (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Orion, I had not thought about this. This is consistant with Steve Bliss' concern about putting out the synthesized parts in a seperate file so that they can be cosidered one part by other LDRAW compatible programs. I can see two issues here. The (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Works fine now ;o) My tests were far from exhaustive though ! (...) I guess there is no perfect solution: modelling curved parts with some smoothness requires lots of polygons. Fortunately machine power increases! One possibility though would (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) If you are going to go the subpart route, have you considered making an option to subpart the flexible object in a separate file so that seam width shrink is avoided when using L3P (or others) ? -Orion (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Philo, (...) Oop.s I reworked the organization of the code and ended up messing this up. 1.0.0.2 is uploaded now. (...) I understand, but I'm not sure what can be done about this. I used the cross sectional parts that already existed for flexible (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Kevin, It seems you forgot to link in CC3250.DLL... doesn't work on my system. (...) That's the kind of size I got... We must keep in mind that even if the ldraw file is smaller using parts, the number of triangle to render will be the same or (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Philo, Boy, were you right, the triangle synthesis took a 3K file and made a 2M file. Unpalatable. I switched lsynth over to use LDRAW parts for synthesis. Now that 3K file ends up to be 500K, still much larger, but certainly better than before. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi Philo, I've been working on an algorithm that uses less triangles, and plan to add a option where the hoses can be made up of hose segments. Hose segments should reduce file size, but probably decrease quality. I've been beyond the edge of my (...) (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hi, I wanted to mention that LPub is useful even if you are not working on a book, or web pages. It can be used to make building instructions from other peoples' DATs. It has an advantage over MLCAD in that it shows you pictures of the parts added (...) (22 years ago, 4-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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WOW! This is seriously impressive and it couldn't have come at a better time. I am just putting together the instructions for my first custom kit, and until I saw this message and downloaded the software, I was handwriting a series of scripts to (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.inst)
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| | Re: Idea for a meta-statement [DAT]
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(...) Done. Here's a sample input: 0 132 0 234 POLYGON 14 0 0 1 0 10 1 10 10 1 10 -10 1 5 -13 1 polygon end 0 and the output: 0 132 0 234 0 LDS POLYGON 14 0 LDS 0 0 1 0 LDS 0 10 1 0 LDS 10 10 1 3 14 0 0 1 0 10 1 10 10 1 0 LDS 10 -10 1 3 14 0 0 1 10 (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) On second thought, the idea of making an LDS compiler an LDDP plugin wasn't that good after all. First I was very excited. But what if I wish to change the value of a variable and the source has been overwritten... (...) OK, I will probably (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) :D I was *hoping* someone would pick up on this. ;) (...) I don't have time to look right this second, but I will check it soon. (...) Right. (...) The input would be a color and a list of points. The output would be a list of LDraw triangle (...) (22 years ago, 3-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Oops! Cut n paste error. I somehow lost this one. (6 URLs) this helps. Don (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) A google search for Autocad and lego turns up these nifty links. (URL) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Would that be done in the BLOCK - ENDBLK section? It's been eeeeons since I did any DXF output, but that seems to ring a bell. And this link seems to back me up. (URL) luck, Don (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Last night, frustrated by other bugs in BrickDraw3D, I looked at DXF translation. First, I found a reference to many 3D formats, which could be useful to many: (URL) wrote some Perl scripts which create DXF models which I import to Vectorworks. I (...) (22 years ago, 2-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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