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Re: *** Start celebrating .... NOW
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lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Sat, 28 Dec 2002 00:37:44 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.mlcad, Jennifer Clark writes:
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> I tried the Bezier curve generator and it seems pretty logical, however,
> when I feed the values back into the MLCad hose generator it doesn't seem to
> generate the same curve. Perhaps it is using another method, or perhaps I am
> still missing something obvious? :-) Another thing that I don't understand
> is how the elements in the hose are not evenly distributed along its length.
Some progress - myself and a CAD expert mucked about a bit until we realised
the obvious thing I was missing, the fact that the control point coordinates
are specified relative to the end points and not in absolute coordinates!
Jennifer
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 | | Re: *** Start celebrating .... NOW
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| (...) If memory serves me well, in Fredrik's Ldraw mode you specified the endpoints in terms of orientation as well as coordinates, stated the number of joints and it calculated the rest. Certainly a good system for many instances as that (...) (22 years ago, 27-Dec-02, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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