I've put together a quick test of what I'd like to do with flexible pieces, if you're interested take a look at <http://gerf.org/ ~leo/leocad-hose.zip> (but don't use that version for anything else, it's really unstable and buggy).
The idea is to be able to add a flexible piece, select its control points, move them and preview it in real time. I have no idea how LSynth works but I guess it would be a good idea to be compatible with it. I'm undecided about what kind of features/curves work better. I'm thinking about forcing the curves to pass through all control points and adding small arrows that let the user control the tangent at that point. I believe this is what most programs do, so it must be what users prefer. Right now I'm using a simple cubic bezier but it doesn't give users a lot of control over the shape of the curve so it will need to be changed. Leonardo On May 29, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Oliver Salzburg wrote: > Philo wrote: >> Hello Oliver, >> >>> >>> i started to build the model 8421 in LeoCAD and i'm wondering how >>> will get all the flexible parts in there? >> >> As of today, you have no other solution than adding the flexible >> parts >> outside LeoCAD. Lsynth (http://kclague.net/LSynth/index.htm) is the >> tool of choice for that, see also this tutorial: >> http://www.holly-wood.it/lsynth/tutorial-en.html > I will look into that, thanks a lot. >> >> You will have to save your work in LDraw format to use that (do it in >> the end) >> >> See here http://philohome.com/pwheel/pwheel.htm what can be done with >> LeoCAD+Lsynth+LPub! >> > I looked at your page earlier today and at that page in particular. > Nice > work :) >>> Any suggestions are welcome. >>> Further i have difficulty aligning parts correctly. The built in >>> snapping seems to be helpful, but very often parts just >>> end up at the wrong position. Then i turn snapping off and move >>> parts >>> around which then end up in better positions >>> but still have to be moved over the Modify panel. All in all a >>> sometimes frustrating process. >>> Especially when small alignment errors add up to a total of like >>> 5mm. >>> An even bigger problem is when rotation is involved. >> >> Did you have a look to these tutorials about grids and angle grids >> (http://trac.gerf.org/leocad/wiki/LeoCadDoc)? >> > I did not. But i just gave them a quick look and will inspect them > further tomorrow. Thanks again. >> Cheers, >> >> Philo >> > > PS: My current progress: > > http://www.ibw.nl/alien/legovgay.png > http://www.gkmotu.com/temp/stuff.jpg > > Two friends of mine are regularly trying the model out on the > render of > their choice :) > _______________________________________________ > Leocad mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.gerf.org/listinfo/leocad > ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Leocad mailing list [email protected] https://list.gerf.org/listinfo/leocad
