Hi Tony.

As there are a few people who, and including me, could use some better tools to fix RS problems.

We already have these tools but you've lost the code for them as I remember, so we need to start from scratch, but as you know a lot more about the 3DZ file system, it should be easier to make the tools work correctly.

OK, I know it's a big ask, so here we go:

Mirror 3DZ tool.
This just swaps the nodes left [- value] to right[+ value], or right [+ value], to left [- value], and reverses the line of every Element, ignoring any action codes. The save file should be a 3DZ. At the moment it saves as a text file with the result reversed, which makes the result tricky to copy.

De-Pig program.
This removes all duplicated elements. At the moment it checks for true duplicated Elements, with the same mapping, but to catch all the duplicates, it really should only check the node numbers for each element. That way you will catch all the elements which are duplicated.
Removes all 255 elements
Renumbered all the elements
Saves file as a Text file but should output a 3dz

Join 3DZ
Works fine joining to 3dz's but saves as two text files. One 3dz would be better.

If you could redo these three, it would be great.

I looked for what I could find.
No code at all here

However, I found the "Pigfix9.exe" which has mirroring added.
Are you using this?

Also, it has been so long that I do not even know what the "Pigfix9.exe" even reads.
If I am to use the 3dz files I will need to get my head around the file structure again.
It will be a hell of a lot of work- so no promises for the time being.

Send me some files at coders that the software has been working with.

Jel

Hi Tony.

The Pig-Fix program is the one, which works with a text file.

You load a text version of a 3DZ and click delete 255'ed elements, then it says, ready to De-Pig, Click De-Pig and it removes all the duplicated elements and the unique ones it adds to the list of elements.

At this point is a snag in the original program. It looks for identical elements, Nodes and Mapping. If it just compares nodes, it would find all the piggybacked elements, even ones with different mapping, and delete them.

You then click re number, and it renumbers the entire list of elements.

Then you can save as a TXT file. The output is only a list of elements, which you need to cut and paste into your original text file.

If creating a new 3dz is tricky, how about just automating the elements section, and changing the total elements, so the file is ready to convert back with the text converter?

This would be much easier for Newbies, and they would not have to worry about knowing how a 3DZ looks like in Text format.

If you have the De-Pig code you'll have the mirror code too. The code works fine, but would be 100 times better if it also updated the text file automatically.

You should have 3dz's and text files in your 3dz Studio code, but if not I'll send you some by mail.

Sorry, it's me again!

Could you simplify the De_Pig program by deleting all of the element function buttons:
Insert at current row
Delete Row
Move Left/Right
Move to a new row
Delete from here

I've never used them.

And please allow full screen.

I have no code for any of those programs here in France.
However, I had found at Coders the PigFix9 program which looks like this:



Is that the one you have?

Jel

Yes Tony, that's the one.