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Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old flying
buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of it.
The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more unusual.
Here is the web page describing it:
http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy to
send them to you.
Comments are appreciated.
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In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old flying
> buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of it.
>
> The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more unusual.
>
> Here is the web page describing it:
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
Uhm..., I'm prolly the wrong person to be askin' this, but ain't
y'all s'posed to remove yer hats in church?
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=59391
;]
KDJ
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LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Hi,
Yes - You are right. Unfortunately, there are no official hair pieces
available for LEGO CAD work. Someone has done a rough version, but it
wasn't available in time to put into this model.
Here is my disclaimer on that:
http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcathi.htm
Kyle D. Jackson <flightdeck@sympatico.deletethisspamblock.ca> wrote in
message news:GHA7KC.5qA@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old • flying
> > buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out • of it.
> >
> > The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more • unusual.
> >
> > Here is the web page describing it:
> > http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
>
> Uhm..., I'm prolly the wrong person to be askin' this, but ain't
> y'all s'posed to remove yer hats in church?
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=59391
>
> ;]
> KDJ
> _______________________________________
> LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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Its so beautiful!!
although what you call the back, I would use as the front,(one of my
personal preferances is to use the most beautiful side of something as the
front)
Gary
BTW I would like to have the MLCAD files.
Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message
news:GH9ozF.H8q@lugnet.com...
> Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old • flying
> buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of • it.
>
> The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more • unusual.
>
> Here is the web page describing it:
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
>
> Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
>
> If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy • to
> send them to you.
>
> Comments are appreciated.
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In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old flying
> buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of it.
>
> The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more unusual.
>
> Here is the web page describing it:
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
Umm. Wow! You know I'm a fan of your cathedrals, but this one is really a
triumph.
Very very nice! Thanks for sharing it with us.
eric
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Thanks for the compliments!
Lorbaat <eric@nospam.thirteen.net> wrote in message
news:GHAHLw.5z4@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old • flying
> > buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out • of it.
> >
> > The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more • unusual.
> >
> > Here is the web page describing it:
> > http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
>
> Umm. Wow! You know I'm a fan of your cathedrals, but this one is really • a
> triumph.
>
> Very very nice! Thanks for sharing it with us.
>
> eric
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Brad--
Another masterpiece, for sure. You've got a really unique style. Have you
turned your interest in architecture to non-Lego applications?
One small note of criticism I would have is the front entrance--that staircase
seems very small compared to the great flat facade of the cathedral. I would
have envisioned a wide canopied staircase there... but on the whole, it's
terrific!
Seth.
In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old flying
> buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of it.
>
> The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more unusual.
>
> Comments are appreciated.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Seth McCarus <lrover@mindspring.com
> Another masterpiece, for sure. You've got a really unique style. Have • you
> turned your interest in architecture to non-Lego applications?
Thanks. Architecture is purely a hobby for me. Computer programming is my
profession. I must admit though that sometimes I turns the studs off my
LEGO computer models to see them as if they were real buildings.
>
> One small note of criticism I would have is the front entrance--that • staircase
> seems very small compared to the great flat facade of the cathedral. I • would
> have envisioned a wide canopied staircase there... but on the whole, it's
> terrific!
This never occurred to me, but you are certainly correct. I was lazy with
this part. I originally copied one of the transcepts as a start for the
front facade and I really should have made a bigger stair case. On my other
models, I do tend to put more time into stairs.
>
> Seth.
>
>
> In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old • flying
> > buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out • of it.
> >
> > The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more • unusual.
> >
> > Comments are appreciated.
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In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
Very nice work. If you've seen my work you know I'm a fan of glass. Now if we
could just get it in all the colors we want, in bulk...
The "up" shot is bizarre. You've got the reflectivity set high in all these
shots. Is that in keeping with the liquid theme or is there some utility to it
in rendering?
Amy
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----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Hughes <lugnews@public.atreides.org>
> Very nice work. If you've seen my work you know I'm a fan of glass. Now if • we
> could just get it in all the colors we want, in bulk...
Thanks. Actually, it was some of your excellent, recent building that got
me into the mood of making another "glass" building. Out of curiosity, when
I build real "glass" buildings (with the 1x4x3 thin-walls), I tend to have
problems with flex when I go more than 4 thin-walls high. I usually have to
insert a beam or something. I noticed that you use very high sections
without apparent support. Have you had the "flex" problem, and, if so, how
did you deal with it?
I would just love to get more Paradisa bubble windows (and the big Breezeway
cafe ones) in bulk, but I don't see that happening soon. Apparently,
Paradisa didn't do so well. I wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole when
they were out, because I thought that they were too "girly." Only now do I
see the coolness of their parts.
>
> The "up" shot is bizarre. You've got the reflectivity set high in all • these
> shots. Is that in keeping with the liquid theme or is there some utility • to it
> in rendering?
Actually, I didn't do anything special to get that reflectivity. POV-Ray
does it by default. I use MLCAD to draw the building, L3P (fronted with
L3PAO) to convert to POV-Ray format, and POV-Ray to render it.
The only option about which I am aware is to turn of reflection and
refraction by setting the quality setting to 1. I use this to preview shots
since it can improve performance by about 10 or 20 times (literally). That
"up" shot took about 2 hours to render at the "normal" quality using my
P450.
>
> Amy
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In lugnet.build.arch, Brad Hamilton writes:
> it was some of your excellent, recent building that got
> me into the mood of making another "glass" building.
Thanks :-)
> when I build real "glass" buildings (with the 1x4x3 thin-walls), I tend
> to have problems with flex when I go more than 4 thin-walls high. I
> usually have to insert a beam or something. I noticed that you use
> very high sections without apparent support. Have you had the "flex"
> problem, and, if so, how did you deal with it?
I call it the "curl" problem, and yes, I have it in spades. The GATS Church
actually takes advantage of it in the curved walls. All the other glass walls
that are more than a few panels in size are supported somehow. In the GATS
Church the glass walls slide into tracks, so they're braced on the sides. In the
church I'm building in my living room the glass walls are inset into the corner
columns by one stud, so they're also braced on the sides. The two clear roof
panels on that church are unsupported, but there are 1x2, 2x2 and 2x3 bricks
along the edges, and they lay flat, with gravity acting against the curl. Those
panels are very fragile, and they're a pain to fix when they break. The GATS
Church has four smaller wall panels like that, but they slide into tracks, and
the roof is built like that, but it also slides into tracks.
Does that make any sense?
> Apparently, Paradisa didn't do so well. I wouldn't touch them with a
> 10 foot pole when they were out, because I thought that they were too
> "girly."
Your point? :-) I don't have such hangups, of course, but I wasn't buying LEGO
when they were out. Doh!
Amy
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Amy Hughes <lugnews@amyhughes.org> wrote in message
news:GHBEEG.KG6@lugnet.com...
> I call it the "curl" problem, and yes, I have it in spades. The GATS • Church
> actually takes advantage of it in the curved walls. All the other glass • walls
> that are more than a few panels in size are supported somehow. In the GATS
> Church the glass walls slide into tracks, so they're braced on the sides. • In the
> church I'm building in my living room the glass walls are inset into the • corner
> columns by one stud, so they're also braced on the sides. The two clear • roof
> panels on that church are unsupported, but there are 1x2, 2x2 and 2x3 • bricks
> along the edges, and they lay flat, with gravity acting against the curl. • Those
> panels are very fragile, and they're a pain to fix when they break. The • GATS
> Church has four smaller wall panels like that, but they slide into tracks, • and
> the roof is built like that, but it also slides into tracks.
>
> Does that make any sense?
Yes - That helps. I'll have to try a 1 stud brace on the sides in future
stuff.
>
> > Apparently, Paradisa didn't do so well. I wouldn't touch them with a
> > 10 foot pole when they were out, because I thought that they were too
> > "girly."
>
> Your point? :-) I don't have such hangups, of course, but I wasn't buying • LEGO
> when they were out. Doh!
>
> Amy
My point was that I could kick myself for being so gender biased. I guess I
was just embarrassed. My wife got me into buying Belville stuff and now I
really like the Paradisa sets. In fact, I think that 6416 is a real
classic. It is just loaded with my favorite parts, but I really like the
set as well. I kept my only full copy built for several weeks, but finally
my lust for those big 6x6x9 windows won out and they found their way into
MOC buildings.
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I posted the .dat files:
Here is a link to the Brickshelf folder containing all the files for my new
cathedral:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5877
I also added a cool wire-frame view (from MLCAD) showing the internal
structure:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=59505
Feel free to email me with any questions/comments (or reply to this post)
bhamilto1@home.com
Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message
news:GH9ozF.H8q@lugnet.com...
> Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old • flying
> buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of • it.
>
> The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more • unusual.
>
> Here is the web page describing it:
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
>
> Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
>
> If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy • to
> send them to you.
>
> Comments are appreciated.
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I added some new close-up shots:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=59521
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=59523
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=59522
Brad Hamilton <bhamilto1@home.com> wrote in message
news:GH9ozF.H8q@lugnet.com...
> Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old • flying
> buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of • it.
>
> The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more • unusual.
>
> Here is the web page describing it:
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
>
> Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
>
> If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy • to
> send them to you.
>
> Comments are appreciated.
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Oh my goodness... Truly a delight to see!
The architects of the cathedrals used height and complicated designs to cow
the viewer... I am indeed cowed.
Kudos!
Sarah
In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old flying
> buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of it.
>
> The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more unusual.
>
> Here is the web page describing it:
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
>
> Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
>
> If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy to
> send them to you.
>
> Comments are appreciated.
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Thanks for the compliments.
Sarah Mather <matherette@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GHBn5M.KxH@lugnet.com...
> Oh my goodness... Truly a delight to see!
>
> The architects of the cathedrals used height and complicated designs to • cow
> the viewer... I am indeed cowed.
>
> Kudos!
>
> Sarah
>
>
>
> In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old • flying
> > buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out • of it.
> >
> > The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more • unusual.
> >
> > Here is the web page describing it:
> > http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
> >
> > Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
> >
> > If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy • to
> > send them to you.
> >
> > Comments are appreciated.
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In lugnet.build.arch, Sarah Mather writes:
> Oh my goodness... Truly a delight to see!
>
> The architects of the cathedrals used height and complicated designs to cow
> the viewer... I am indeed cowed.
Holy cow!
>
> Kudos!
>
> Sarah
>
>
>
> In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old flying
> > buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of • it.
> >
> > The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more • unusual.
> >
> > Here is the web page describing it:
> > http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
> >
> > Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
> >
> > If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy to
> > send them to you.
> >
> > Comments are appreciated.
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Hey buddy! Brad it's a joy to see the magic you create. This one is really
somthing. Because I'm not familar with the CAD Lego stuff, it's really
something to see all those shapes and angles and trying to deciper where
they start and end. This is spectacular! What a design. Congrats.
Like I said it's always a joy to see the creations you make.
BTW do you still have that cool Factory I see on the Greatest hits page?
Have a good time at this next Lug Meeting.
Hopefully I'll be around in Sept. Actually if I don't go I been threatend
with bodily harm!! LOL... I think you know who and what I mean!!
Hey I just realized we can now have all my guests for my wedding gathered at
this structure! And they won't have to pack themselves into the surrounding
buildings around the Emerald Cathedral and look down to the services!
One more thing. I just picked up a Jurassic Park set #1370.
The set has some really great parts, including a 6 stud tall window frame
that has a clear pivoting "glass" in the center. Have you seen this yet?
I'll send you $5 bucks for gas money and you hop in your car and drive down
to TRU and get a couple! I mean make that all of them!
Again good work.
C-ya
Eric
In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old flying
> buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of it.
>
> The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more unusual.
>
> Here is the web page describing it:
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
>
> Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
>
> If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy to
> send them to you.
>
> Comments are appreciated.
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Eric Sophie <Legomaster@gobi.com> wrote in message
news:GHD8JF.66E@lugnet.com...
> Hey buddy! Brad it's a joy to see the magic you create. This one is really
> somthing. Because I'm not familar with the CAD Lego stuff, it's really
> something to see all those shapes and angles and trying to deciper where
> they start and end. This is spectacular! What a design. Congrats.
Hi Eric,
Thanks for the compliments. I was anti-CAD for a long time, but decided to
get into it when we were temporarily in an appartment (waiting for our house
to be built). I only had a bit of space for real LEGO, but I got to use as
many parts as desired with the CAD stuff. Now that I have space, I prefer
the real thing, but its sometimes fun to fool with CAD to see what you could
do with unlimited parts.
>
> Like I said it's always a joy to see the creations you make.
>
> BTW do you still have that cool Factory I see on the Greatest hits page?
You mean the power plant? That's still there. Actually, a lot of people
have said they like this, but I've never been that hot on it. In fact, I
had to steal 2 corner black castle walls from it to expand the Emerald
Cathedral. I'm really not sure how this thing got on the greatest hits page
(and not some of my other stuff that I think is much better). To each his
own.
>
> Have a good time at this next Lug Meeting.
> Hopefully I'll be around in Sept. Actually if I don't go I been threatend
> with bodily harm!! LOL... I think you know who and what I mean!!
I can't guarantee that I'll be able to make the September meeting because I
have a baby on the way. However, if you are specially in town, then I MIGHT
be able to negotiate with my wife for you (and perhaps a few other folks) to
stop by and see Bricktopia.
>
> Hey I just realized we can now have all my guests for my wedding gathered • at
> this structure! And they won't have to pack themselves into the • surrounding
> buildings around the Emerald Cathedral and look down to the services!
Actually, I think this building only holds about 20 people! The Cathedral
of Ice would probably be more suitable.
>
> One more thing. I just picked up a Jurassic Park set #1370.
> The set has some really great parts, including a 6 stud tall window frame
> that has a clear pivoting "glass" in the center. Have you seen this yet?
> I'll send you $5 bucks for gas money and you hop in your car and drive • down
> to TRU and get a couple! I mean make that all of them!
Sorry - We tend to get things LAST on the west coast. I saw one copy of
that set about two weeks ago and a kid snapped it up. I've not seen it
since then. You will likely see it again before me.
>
> Again good work.
> C-ya
> Eric
Thanks
>
>
> In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> > Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old • flying
> > buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out • of it.
> >
> > The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more • unusual.
> >
> > Here is the web page describing it:
> > http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
> >
> > Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
> >
> > If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy • to
> > send them to you.
> >
> > Comments are appreciated.
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Ooo... That looks *so* cool Brad! I'm amazed at what you can do with all those
different canopies,windows, and slopes. Simply stunning!
Mladen Pejic, over and out!
website is down...
In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old flying
> buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of it.
>
> The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more unusual.
>
> Here is the web page describing it:
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
>
> Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
>
> If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy to
> send them to you.
>
> Comments are appreciated.
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This is great! Looks like it is straight out of Final Fantasy. Stuff like
this would be great for anyone who ever wants to create a little Final
Fantasy-clone RPG using LDraw renderings.
In lugnet.announce, Brad Hamilton writes:
> Its been a while since I've done something in CAD, but I found an old flying
> buttress concept I did a while back and decided to make a cathedral out of it.
>
> The result is a bit smaller than previous efforts, but decidedly more unusual.
>
> Here is the web page describing it:
> http://members.home.net/hmltn1/ldraw/lcath.htm
>
> Here are all the BrickShelf pictures:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=5862
>
> If anyone wants the MLCAD files, let me know (by email) and I'll be happy to
> send them to you.
>
> Comments are appreciated.
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