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Re: Problem with LDraw-Mode and LDDP Bezier Curve plugin
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 21-Oct-02, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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