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Re: Problem with LDraw-Mode and LDDP Bezier Curve plugin
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Tue, 22 Oct 2002 17:05:58 GMT
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"Don Heyse" <dheyse@hotmail.spam.go.away.com> writes:
> Ok, ok! I admit it. I am a moron.
I don't believe you!
> Yes, I understand the way the direction is calculated. It's the
> magnitude of the vector (velocity) in that direction that I'm
> interested in showing with the lines. In the example I posted the
> magnitude is 50 LDU which gives a smooth curve. If draw it line by
> line in LEDIT you'll see the two blue lines don't get all that
> close to the middle of the curve. I suspect the control points
> auto-generated by ldraw mode are very close to the center of the
> curve, resulting in that unsightly zigzag. If you could see the
> magnitudes of the control point velocity vectors generated by
> different lengths, it might be easier to understand the effect of
> choosing different lengths.
Ok, fair enough. I've added the feature to add the "control lines".
Put
(setq ldraw-bezier-draw-control-lines t)
in your .emacs file, and download the latest source from
http://folk.uio.no/fredrigl/technic/ldraw-mode/ldraw-mode.el
to test it.
Fredrik
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| (...) Ok, ok! I admit it. I am a moron. I either read something else that I got out of the google cache, or my eyes glazed over and I lost focus before I got to the important parts. Thanks for the short version though. Now I get it. (...) That's why (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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