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(...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: BrickDreams Update - New Scenes, Gear Model & Other Stuff (long)
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(...) Scene #8 was nearly the death of me. Rendered at 1024x768, it took about 60 hours to complete, and I swear the model is cursed. The first time I tried to render it, I realized about 20 hours into it that the symmetrical lattices for the LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: BrickDreams Update - New Scenes, Gear Model & Other Stuff (long)
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(...) Well, the gear *would* mesh properly with another identical gear, just not with an actual LEGO gear. The profile of the teeth is the next thing I'm going to tackle; they're the correct approximate dimensions, just lacking the subtle curves and (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: BrickDreams Update - New Scenes, Gear Model & Other Stuff (long)
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(...) Modern 24T Technic gears don't have those 45 degree slots anymore, but yeah thanks for pointing out the misalignment on the teeth. They're actually offset 7.5 degrees; when I modeled it, I inadvertently centered the boolean intra-tooth cutout (...) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: BrickDreams Update - New Scenes, Gear Model & Other Stuff (long)
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(...) psssst... (URL) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Hi Micah - Great work!! I'd love to have a copy of Scene 8 at 1280x1024 if possible, that would be great, thanks! -Tim (25 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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I hate to be picky, but the teeth aren't quite right. They should be involute profiles. Then they'll actually mesh with other gears : ) (25 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) the 45 deg slots for axles near the edges. Gotta have those! Also, there should be a tooth centred above the Lego logo. Hard to tell from that angle, but it looks like it's not quite right..... Anyway, thats enough pedantism, I think! (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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Well, I received quite a few responses to my site survey, and public opinion seems to sway towards the following trends: *Larger Scene Sizes - About half of all who responded indicated that they would make use of larger scene sizes. The largest and (...) (25 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Well, you're in luck then. I plan to start releasing scenes in 1600x1200 in conjunction with the next site update. (25 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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