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LaserBoy !!! / insignificant distance vs insignificant angle

« on: January 12, 2013, 07:54:12 pm »

While playing with the insignificant distance and insignificant angle settings, it looks like the insignificant angle test overrides the insignificant distance test. That is, if you have two points in the middle of a long line that are very close, say just a few dozen units apart, but form, say a 20 degree angle...

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... the optimization code does not remove either of them.

Actually, what i think would be best in that case would be to replace both points with one point which is the average of their two positions subject to the maximum vector length, of course. I haven't looked at the action of the insignificant point code on its own, but it was a thought.

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LaserBoy !!! / Drawing basics

« on: December 27, 2012, 11:46:26 am »

I'm interested in drawing some graphics and beam effects in the 'k' menu, but haven't quite figured it out.


1) How do I make a collection of 'dots' of a given color separated by blanks? I would want to be able to choose the number of vertices stacked to make each dot to adjust the dwell, either manually, or through an optimization setting or procedure.


2) How do I make a segment comprising multiple vertices? If I start with a new blank frame and press '.', nothing happens. If I move things a little and press '.', my line gets divided in two.


Thanks!