On 4/11/2010 9:32 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 4/11/2010 4:45 AM, Morris Dovey wrote:
On 4/11/2010 2:01 AM, Swingman wrote:
On 4/10/2010 8:49 PM, Morris Dovey wrote:
Tracing an image and skipping definition of contoured surfaces don't
work for me.
The "tracing" of a component, imported into a project from an outside
source, is routinely done as a matter of convenience and is a common
practice to speed up a project, with any design software, and is one of
the reasons for an "import" feature.
Furthermore, it is inarguable that if the software contains the tools to
effectively "trace" a component, it therefore has the tools/ability to
"draw" it instead, should you chose to do so, as this software indeed
does.
Your argument in that regard falls flatly on its face ...
Yeah fine. Give this easy one a whirl:
Draw parabola with curve length of 96" between intersections with the
latus rectum (a line through the focus perpendicular to another line
passing through both focus and vertex). Points separated by 0.0100"
along the x-axis, and accurate to +/-0.0005". I don't care whether you
draw or trace, only that all requirements be met, so that I can export
it as a DXF (the format needed for my 'Bot) and machine it accurately.
Obfuscation par excellence ... and totally, and ridiculously, irrelevant.
Perhaps irrelevant to you, but has real relevance to others (a _lot_ of
others!) Photos he
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/Projects/Stirling/Heat.html
It's a real project. No one much cares whether it's relevant to you. I
was merely curious to find out if you and SketchUp were up to the
challenge - and received a clear enough answer.
Your arguments thus far do nothing to disprove that.
Eh? Why should I have any interest in proving or disproving anything?
Yep, it's indeed a mystery why you bothered in the first place. You've
made it plain in the past that you have little use for the software;
that you don't use it; have minimum experience with it and are ignorant
of its capabilites for the most part.
I've made clear that I felt it seemed to be a weak tool for some real
problems I was trying to use it to solve, and when I did so I limited my
comments to my specific problem.
Back when I had access to a.b.p.w, I posted SketchUp solutions (the last
I can recall was for dado set storage) and have had SketchUp
illustrations on my web site for quite some time - along with a credit
that some of the drawings had been produced using SketchUp. See
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/Projects/LLJ/
If a couple of years of use is "minimum experience", then your statement
is true, otherwise false.
I'll assume you're telling the truth, and so will feel free to warn
newbies that the resident SketchUp disciple pronounced two years of use
"minimal experience".
So, what's behind this obsession with taking snide shots at every
opportunity that presents itself?
You exaggerate - I've passed on most of the opportunities, but now that
I know you're so emotionally involved I'll try to do better.
--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/