Hi Roland,
We'll have to see what the real results are with some test files.
But again, my goal is not to produce a complete replacement of the library at LOD - my goal is to only replace "common" parts. My speculation is that on most models, a small percentage of the library results in most of the geometric output.
In other words, the payoff for replacing "Brick 1 x2 " will be high. The payoff for replacing "Minifig Head Nautolan, Black Eyes & Mouth, Brown Tentacle Bands" will be pretty minimal. :-)
Perhaps I can bug you for some of your large model collection to do some testing once I have a test library built up.
EDIT: I found my original post with stats...
http://forums.ldraw.org/showthread.php?t...63#pid9663
The large vertex cut-down for a relatively small set of parts changed was what gave me hope. While this was a -targeted- optimization (e.g. I modded parts based on the stats of my model) the parts I ended up modding were the usual suspects: standard, unpatterned bricks for the most part.
cheers
Ben
We'll have to see what the real results are with some test files.
But again, my goal is not to produce a complete replacement of the library at LOD - my goal is to only replace "common" parts. My speculation is that on most models, a small percentage of the library results in most of the geometric output.
In other words, the payoff for replacing "Brick 1 x2 " will be high. The payoff for replacing "Minifig Head Nautolan, Black Eyes & Mouth, Brown Tentacle Bands" will be pretty minimal. :-)
Perhaps I can bug you for some of your large model collection to do some testing once I have a test library built up.
EDIT: I found my original post with stats...
http://forums.ldraw.org/showthread.php?t...63#pid9663
The large vertex cut-down for a relatively small set of parts changed was what gave me hope. While this was a -targeted- optimization (e.g. I modded parts based on the stats of my model) the parts I ended up modding were the usual suspects: standard, unpatterned bricks for the most part.
cheers
Ben