Hi!

One of my current projects is to provide a makro to create nuts and
bolts. I tested my idea with hand coded csg and this are the first
results.

What do you think. Useful?

Comments appreciated ... from everyone!

TIA

Marc
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Nice, I would be interested in seeing this macro, I had an idea for a
workshop scene
and these would fit in very nicely.

Regards,

Peter H.

Marc Schimmler wrote in message <37297676.8E04468B@ica.uni-stuttgart.de>...
>Hi!
>
>One of my current projects is to provide a makro to create nuts and
>bolts. I tested my idea with hand coded csg and this are the first
>results.

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I'll take ten a piece of one and seven-eighths by twenty.
Do they actually have spiral grooves? Hard to tell.


Marc Schimmler wrote:
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> Hi!
> 
> One of my current projects is to provide a makro to create nuts and
> bolts. I tested my idea with hand coded csg and this are the first
> results.
> 
> What do you think. Useful?
> 
> Comments appreciated ... from everyone!
> 
> TIA
> 
> Marc
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> Marc Schimmler
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Bob Hughes wrote:
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> I'll take ten a piece of one and seven-eighths by twenty.
> Do they actually have spiral grooves? Hard to tell.
> 

Yes, they are real to every aspect I know. They could even be used with
Ken's metric wrenches! :-)

The thread consists of lots of prim objects, translated and rotated. And
the end of the thread I differenced cones from it.


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These look really well proportioned.  Both on the head and the
other end of a bolt they quite often have a mark of some kind
stamped on them, or they have defects from the mould in those
positions which don't affect functionality or strength.

No what I'd call wallpaper material, but very nicely modelled
objects.

Cheers
Steve

Marc Schimmler wrote:
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> Hi!
> 
> One of my current projects is to provide a makro to create nuts and
> bolts. I tested my idea with hand coded csg and this are the first
> results.
> 
> What do you think. Useful?
> 
> Comments appreciated ... from everyone!
> 
> TIA
> 
> Marc
> --
> Marc Schimmler
> 
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>  [Image]  [Image]

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Looks very accurate !  
Tough I didn't see the code, I have a suggestion : add a parameter
that allow to choose between :
- real spiral(as you did), for when the thing is viewed close
- false spiral, made from a stack of cones, for when viewed farther
- no spiral at all, when it is not visible.

the last two options would allow less memory consumption and parse time.

Cheers,
Fabien.

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Wouldn't it be possible to do the spiral using a iso surface? And for
distant view you could even use a spiral normal. No, scratch that. The
normal needs a light source shining upon it to work right.


Fabien Mosen wrote:
> 
> Looks very accurate !
> Tough I didn't see the code, I have a suggestion : add a parameter
> that allow to choose between :
> - real spiral(as you did), for when the thing is viewed close
> - false spiral, made from a stack of cones, for when viewed farther
> - no spiral at all, when it is not visible.
> 
> the last two options would allow less memory consumption and parse time.
> 
> Cheers,
> Fabien.

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Fabien Mosen wrote:
> 
> Looks very accurate !
> Tough I didn't see the code, I have a suggestion : add a parameter
> that allow to choose between :
> - real spiral(as you did), for when the thing is viewed close
> - false spiral, made from a stack of cones, for when viewed farther
> - no spiral at all, when it is not visible.
> 
> the last two options would allow less memory consumption and parse time.
> 
> Cheers,
> Fabien.

Yes, you ar absolutely right!

I will sit down this weekend and work it out!

Thanks for the comments!

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Marc Schimmler wrote:
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> Bob Hughes wrote:
> >
> > I'll take ten a piece of one and seven-eighths by twenty.
> > Do they actually have spiral grooves? Hard to tell.
> >
> 
> Yes, they are real to every aspect I know. They could even be used with
> Ken's metric wrenches! :-)
> Marc
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> Marc Schimmler

   Actually I believe those were Dan's metric wrenches in the bike shop
that I labeled as such. It is amazing what you guy's decide to remember
from my posts though : )

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