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Got mine in the mail today, and I am going throught it slowly. All looks pretty
cool, and I keep finding things that I didn’t know existed. I also can’t weait
to try rendering things with POVray, et al. I wanted to do that for a long
time, but it all seemed so confusing.
Anyway, I had one question for ya Tim: What version of the parts library is on
the disk? I guess I assumed it has the same parts as the December 2002 release,
as that is the most recent. I also assumed that the software versions are
pretty close to the verisons given in the Jan 2003 LDRAW tools installer.
Anyway, if you can confirm that, it woyuld be great. Thanks!
-Alfred
In lugnet.announce, Tim Courtney wrote:
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Hey everyone!
Writing to let you know that the book Virtual LEGO (by yours truly, Steve
Bliss, and Ahui Herrera) has finally hit the shelves! It is now shipping from
Amazon.com and showing up in your local bookstore soon (if its not there
already).
Its also available immediately from the publisher, No Starch Press, at http://www.nostarch.com/vlego.htm.
This book is a lenghty tutorial on how to use the LDraw suite of tools to
create your own virtual LEGO models on your computer, render photo-realistic
scenes, and output your own custom building instructions! We’ve packed it
with reference material and practical insight to help you as you learn. The
CD-ROM comes with an installer that will configure the software automatically
for you - you don’t have to jump through hoops a la LDraw.org installation
pages to get started :-)
So far, its gotten great reviews from people who have commented to us on it
(Orion, Jake, Eric S...), so that makes us happy. :-) I hope the book is
informative and educational.
Enjoy!
-Tim
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Hi Alfred -
In lugnet.cad, Alfred Speredelozzi wrote:
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Got mine in the mail today, and I am going throught it slowly. All looks
pretty cool, and I keep finding things that I didn’t know existed. I also
can’t weait to try rendering things with POVray, et al. I wanted to do that
for a long time, but it all seemed so confusing.
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Great! I hope the book helps you learn the POV techniques. Ahui penned those
chapters, and I edited them. I learned most of what I know about POV from going
through his work! He did a great job with it.
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Anyway, I had one question for ya Tim: What version of the parts library is
on the disk? I guess I assumed it has the same parts as the December 2002
release, as that is the most recent. I also assumed that the software
versions are pretty close to the verisons given in the Jan 2003 LDRAW tools
installer. Anyway, if you can confirm that, it woyuld be great. Thanks!
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Ahui also handled the installer for the book’s CD. So, he would be the best
person to ask. The final installer was compiled around May, so we might have
squeaked another update in there (I’m not looking at the site right now to see
when the latest update was released, though)
-Tim
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Anyway, I had one question for ya Tim: What version of the parts library is
on the disk? I guess I assumed it has the same parts as the December 2002
release, as that is the most recent. I also assumed that the software
versions are pretty close to the verisons given in the Jan 2003 LDRAW tools
installer. Anyway, if you can confirm that, it woyuld be great. Thanks!
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Ahui also handled the installer for the book’s CD. So, he would be the best
person to ask. The final installer was compiled around May, so we might have
squeaked another update in there (I’m not looking at the site right now to
see when the latest update was released, though)
-Tim
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Here is a rundown of what versions are on the CD-ROM in the Virtual LEGO book.
LDraw Parts 2003-03 (latest version as of right now 12 Oct 03)
MLCad 3.00
LDView (note 1)
L3P latest version
L3PAO 1.3.8
POV-Ray 3.1 (note 2)
MegaPov 0.7 (note 2)
LGEO Parts 15.0
LPub 2.1.0.6 (note 2)
L3Lab latest version
Lsynth Version 1.?? (latestet version is 2.00)
BMP2LDraw latest version
LDDesignPad latest version
LDGLite latest version
LDraw Add-On latest version
Note 1: Not sure what version but for SURE NOT the latest version that came
out this month.
Note 2: This is NOT the latest version but the version used in the book.
For those of you who are new to LDraw and are using the book to get started with
rendering DO NOT UPGRADE THESE APPLICATIONS unitl after you have use the
versions on the CD-ROM to learn the software.
Once you are comfortable with the software, then upgrade. In some case, you
might NOT want the upgraded version becuase the difference.
But I, Ahui Herrera, as an Author of the book and the LDraw Help Desk POC
recommend that you use the version in the CD-ROM first.
-AHui
LDraw Help Desk
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In lugnet.cad, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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LDraw Parts 2003-03 (latest version as of right now 12 Oct 03)
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Where can this be found? The latest I can see on ldraw.org is 2003-02 (from
August 1). Or was that a typo?
Thanks.
--Travis
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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LDraw Parts 2003-03 (latest version as of right now 12 Oct 03)
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Where can this be found? The latest I can see on ldraw.org is 2003-02 (from
August 1). Or was that a typo?
Thanks.
--Travis
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a) On the Virtual LEGO CD-ROM book and
b) On the LDraw.org webiste (BUT NOT JUST YET) as when they did the transfer
from the old LDraw server to the new and redsiegned the site we forgot to update
the parts updat page.
So I’m not sure how much longer before they post the 2003-03 version? Orion???
-AHui
LDraw Help Desk
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In lugnet.cad, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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LDraw Parts 2003-03 (latest version as of right now 12 Oct 03)
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Where can this be found? The latest I can see on ldraw.org is 2003-02 (from
August 1). Or was that a typo?
Thanks.
--Travis
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a) On the Virtual LEGO CD-ROM book and
b) On the LDraw.org webiste (BUT NOT JUST YET) as when they did the
transfer from the old LDraw server to the new and redsiegned the site we
forgot to update the parts updat page.
So I’m not sure how much longer before they post the 2003-03 version?
Orion???
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I believe Orion is working out getting this posted. Alternatively, you can
visit:
http://www.ldraw.org/OLD/library/updates/
All of the old site files are under /OLD/
-Tim
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In lugnet.cad, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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LDraw Parts 2003-03 (latest version as of right now 12 Oct 03)
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Where can this be found? The latest I can see on ldraw.org is 2003-02 (from
August 1). Or was that a typo?
Thanks.
--Travis
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a) On the Virtual LEGO CD-ROM book and
b) On the LDraw.org webiste (BUT NOT JUST YET) as when they did the
transfer from the old LDraw server to the new and redsiegned the site we
forgot to update the parts updat page.
So I’m not sure how much longer before they post the 2003-03 version?
Orion???
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Umm...
There is no 2003-03, the most current is 2003-02
-Orion
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In lugnet.cad, Orion Pobursky wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Travis Cobbs wrote:
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In lugnet.cad, Ahui Herrera wrote:
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LDraw Parts 2003-03 (latest version as of right now 12 Oct 03)
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Where can this be found? The latest I can see on ldraw.org is 2003-02
(from August 1). Or was that a typo?
Thanks.
--Travis
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a) On the Virtual LEGO CD-ROM book and
b) On the LDraw.org webiste (BUT NOT JUST YET) as when they did the
transfer from the old LDraw server to the new and redsiegned the site we
forgot to update the parts updat page.
So I’m not sure how much longer before they post the 2003-03 version?
Orion???
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Umm...
There is no 2003-03, the most current is 2003-02
-Orion
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Orion you are correct. After looking at my notes and reviewing my files, I did
make a type-o! The latest update IS 2003-02. My notes had 2003-03 becuase at
the time that is what we have estimated would be ready for the book release. =)
That update version carried on through out all my notes until the very very end
when I made the CD-ROM. =)
Sorry about the confusion all.
-AHui
LDraw Help Desk
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Thanks for the info! I do appreciate it. :)
-Alfred
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