Re: [brlcad-devel] Proposed GSoC Project: Generation of 2D drawings with Dimensioning from 3D model
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From: Christopher S. M. <br...@ma...> - 2013-04-30 22:59:13
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Last e-mail for a couple hours, I swear. ;-) On Apr 30, 2013, at 11:34 AM, ja...@em... wrote: > Or we can use ps command in mged to achieve vector output for > > further editing. One way or another, it is tedious work to make a nice > > looking draft with annotation lines. > The ps command only captures the wireframe, so it has very limited use. If we had a mode where we only rendered NURBS contours, that could conceivably be stored easily in a vector format. > This works pretty well in GRASS GIS. It has the ability to output PostScript > image which preserves raster or vector nature of the original data. So you > > can have raster and vector layers in the same image. It would be perfect > > to have this in BRL-CAD. > There may be a difference in detail or resolution in play here, though I welcome someone to prove me wrong. :) When I attempted a raster to vector conversion, the result was absolutely hideous. It was unsuitable for pretty much any engineering purpose (though just fine for pretty pictures). It was also very finicky to different types of inputs (small models with lots of detail, big models with little detail, and vice-versa). Cheers! Sean |