"Paradoxal gear" : application of the Developping curve of a circle :)
http://maurel.meca.free.fr/Html-EN/index_redir.php?page=http://maurel.meca.free.fr/Html-EN/mechanical-paradoxical-gears.htm
Some videos
(interesting artical inside in french but many images)

Wow, that's a super cool moving statue! Sort of hypnotic...

> Each line is perpendicular from the curve to the circle

It's looking quite good!


> Do you think now that your system of control point "past" to the real curve?

I'm sorry Pilou, I don't understand this one question, can you explain it some more?

- Michael

Just that when you draw the curve with "through point" over the construction points,
than the tension of the nurbs fit the "real" developping curve :)
Seems good, just maybe the first but for that I must take the real image :)
So waiting your background system image :)

> Just that when you draw the curve with "through point" over the
> construction points, than the tension of the nurbs fit the "real"
> developping curve :)

Yeah, it won't fit the true curve exactly, but it looks like it is pretty close.

The next beta the tension is different, it is possible that it might be actually be worse for this type of case, if it seems worse let me know and I can maybe figure out some option to help control it a little bit.

- Michael

for the V1?
Something for manage the numerous objects (layers, freeze, group,......
AI 2D format ? (not copyrighted? )
And background image will be possible integrated in a Plan 3D?
So possible to rotate :)

See you the next year and have happy codding !

Hi Pilou:

> for the V1?
> Something for manage the numerous objects (layers, freeze, group,......

I'm not sure... Certainly I will work on this sometime in 2007 but possibly not for the initial V1.

Please realize that it's not the end of the world if every feature doesn't make it into the first release! :) V1 is a beginning, not the end - after the first release I will of course continue to add and improve things.

I want to work very carefully on areas like this that require a large amount of UI work.


> AI 2D format ? (not copyrighted? )

I think that this will be possible for V1, it will likely be the only other file format added before the V1 release.


> And background image will be possible integrated in a Plan 3D?
> So possible to rotate :)

Yes, this one is planned as well, I actually hope to be able to add this in for the next beta, but I haven't started it yet.

- Michael

From Steph3D :)
Seems "infinite grid" on the "2D view" will be useful

Does he know about the setting to increase the grid size under Grid Snap / Grid options ?

You can increase the Grid sections: to something like 3000 or so to make the grid substantially larger. This setting is from the center to one edge of the grid, so that will create a grid 6000 squares across the full grid.

Is there some project that he's working on where a grid 6000 squares across is not large enough?

- Michael

Yes he knows that :)
I believe, it's more when you arrive to the "end" of the grid
And yes it's for some complex projects like cities or similar for video game