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Re: How much is too much?
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Mon, 29 Mar 1999 07:33:06 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Roy Earls writes:
> Earls HouseHold wrote in message ...
> > formats. I chose VRML files to start with because they seemed very
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> Hmmm, must of had a bad day. What I meant to say was Videoscape not VRML.
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> > Even at the lowest setting file size is
> > around 90K, but at the highest setting I got a monster of 760K. What is • the
> > group's feeling on this? How much is too Much?
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> Not much of a response here, with the exception of onyx. Thanks onyx for
> your comments. Maybe an example would break the ice. I've put up a DAT up
> on my webpage in the components section for everyone interested to examine
> and comment on. Please feel free to make any crictical observations that
> come to mind with the following exceptions: I know there are no type 2 or 5
> lines --- I know the interior surfaces are not right --- I know there is no
> internal stud --- I know the visor indents are off --- and I know the
> dimensions are not quite right. BE WARNED the file size is VERY large
> compared to other parts and that is what I'm most interested in. Any
> comments about what size would be better will be useful.
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> Look here:
> http://members.theglobe.com/Stonewall9/test.htm
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> Roy
Sorry missed the relevance of this (the classic space helmet part) first time
around. I'll try and take a critical look at it tonight. My initial comment to
save bytes would be to round the co-ordinates off to three decimal places - at
most normal resolutions you should not see a difference, so long as you round
all references to the same point in the same way.
Chris
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| (...) <... snip ...> (...) Wow, what detail. An impressive computer graphic, in its own right, but IMHO too much for LDraw. I tend to agree with Jeff Boen about using the basic 16-sided polygon, but do appreciate how facetted this can make things (...) (26 years ago, 6-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| Earls HouseHold wrote in message ... (...) Hmmm, must of had a bad day. What I meant to say was Videoscape not VRML. (...) the (...) Not much of a response here, with the exception of onyx. Thanks onyx for your comments. Maybe an example would (...) (26 years ago, 29-Mar-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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