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(...) If you assume (which is correct for lego parts) that every *.dat file you use to define a part, belongs to a whole object (the part) which is a solid object (it should be) then you can say that any of those subfiles can have their faces (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Russian T34/85 Tank
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(...) Thanks Carl! I don't think mine can compare at all to yours since they aren't based on an specific type and lack all of the amazing details on yours. Again, very nice! Dan (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Chain links and other unavailable things...
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For people in the US: Pitsco-Lego-Dacta has small chain links at $6.50 for 108 pieces (part #D779937) while Lego S@H has them at $4.00 for 35 (#5278). That's 6.0 cents per piece versus 11.4 cents per piece. I don't know what their inventory is, but (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Chain links and other unavailable things...
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Howdy all, For those that don't live in the USA and thus are not able to order from Pitsco-LEGO Dacta I can play middleman. I've done this in the past for others and don't mind doing this. If there is something that you'd like to order from Dacta, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC
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Leonardo Zide <leonardo@centroin.com.br> wrote in message news:38EB3EB8.D81D2C....com.br... (...) here, (...) Hey, this idea might work in conjuction with your program that fixes parts. If we had a parallel directory (/pi/?) with a copy of each (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | half timbered houses are online
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Hi Legomaniacs ! It's done, I published my first Lego-Buildings on web, some german half- timbered houses. If you like to have a look, please check: (URL) Or you could have a look @ brickshelf (Adrian Rohnfelder) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.town)
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| | [CW] The Lapidarium
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I've been able to translate some of an ancient text Erik found in his recent travels. He now understands some more of what happened to him a little while ago in Nihon and shudders at the thought of the magnitude of the plots underway. The ideas (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| | Re: Part 6044
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(...) if (...) That's a little out of the range that I want to spend. Maybe a Technic solution is in order... Thanks anyway, -Duane (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | FA : (LATER TONIGHT) MISB CARGO CRANE 7817
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FA : (LATER TONIGHT) MISB CARGO CRANE 7817 1985 4.5v / 12v CARGO CRANE See it at: (URL) always, I intend to start it at $0.01 and NR. Scott A (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Another fabulous piece, bravo! On first glance, I thought you had actually modeled a KV-1, due to the high, straight sides of the turret Getting the proper contours of turrets is not an easy job, at least for me. It seems like the /76 model's (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: possible translations (was "Re: New pictures of my Black Falcons")
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(...) Well, a druid was *originally* (before D&D got ahold of it) a Celtic priest/wise man. The whole "treehugging nature guy" stuff was invented by Gygax. (Read some of the Irish tales to get a better idea of what druids really did - I highly (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC
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(...) Perhaps this approach is a bit naive, but couldn't you use something similar to a point in polygon test? Cast a ray along the normal from the center of each polygon. If it intersects an odd number of surfaces then the normal points toward the (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Part 6044
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(...) I think Zany Brainy has them on sale right now... Also, I don't believe they've ever come in a cheap set. :( Jeff (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | 6279 / SPECIAL OFFER
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Hi Legofans, I have a limited offer : 2 Lego sets 6279 (Unit price : 250 FRF) 2 Lego sets 6279 : the boxe is damaged (Unit price : 230 FRF) If you are interested, e-mail me ! See you later, Emilie (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Two Great Mindstorms Books for $20
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Go to: (URL) search LEGO by title. Dave Baum's Definitive Guide to Lego Mindstorms By: Baum, Dave Paperback Textbook and CD Springer Verlag (Apress) Copyright: 2000 Our Price: $14.97 The Lego (R) Mindstorms (Tm) Robots By: Knudsen, Jonathan B. (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [CW] The Lapidarium
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(...) Wow. This is kinda bizarre, because it's very similar to a storyline that I myself was going to do before Castle World got started. (I've more or less set that one aside to bring a tighter focus onto the Sain/Batu storyline). The plot involved (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle.org.cw)
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| | Three Great Castle Sets on eBay (6090, 6074, 6081)
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I have three great LEGO castle sets for auction on eBay during the next three days. None have reserves and have low starting bids. Check them out: LEGO 6090 Royal Knight's Castle (1995) (URL) 6074 Black Falcon's Fortress (1986) (URL) 6081 King's (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Fw: The Lego Group is proud to present ...
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(...) Sorry, it should be the "Direction" Simon (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Microfig Creations and Karim Nassar's Pallas Spaceworks
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(...) Wow. I agree with most everything you said, but I disagree at the same time. I dunno how to verbalize it just yet. Perhaps it's that I feel "drawn" to model in microfig scale, and intimidated (mostly due to cost and number of pieces) by (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | half timbered houses are online
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Hi Legomaniacs ! It's done, I published my first Lego-Buildings on web, some german half- timbered houses. If you like to have a look, please check: (URL) Or you could have a look @ brickshelf (Adrian Rohnfelder) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Ohio builders :)
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drew@netpluscom.com (LegoMasterLuke) wrote in <FsIwzs.Gn6@lugnet.com>: (...) Being the professional nit-picker I am, BrikWars looks a lot more like WarHammer or something like that. The basic idea is that you build LEGO combatants and act out a (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.loc.us.oh)
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| | Re: Part 6044
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(...) 2152 Robo Raptor had a bunch (4?). (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC
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(...) That's is the (Odd/Even) test, also with Raycasting, but no supersampling, in the supersampling case, you just subdivide the polys further and further, or shoot pseudo-random rays until you find the correct normals for all faces. this does NOT (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Fighter Launch Rack and other Hangar Bay Questions
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(...) The best reason I could think of to carry a Capital ship would be if you were using rules about jump drives/hyperspace engines and fuel taking up significant amounts of space, ala old Traveller. In Traveller, a ship carrying a normal amount of (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | FBTB SW LEGO Survey
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Just a reminder, I'm trying to get everyone to put their two cents into this before I pack it up and send it off to LEGO. 537 replies so far, would like alot more. So if you haven't taken the time, please do so, and let LEGO know what you want to (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: Fighter Launch Rack and other Hangar Bay Questions
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In lugnet.space, Bill Jackson writes: <snip> (...) Your fleet; you make the call. Though eventually there'll be a ship that can't be contained by what's considered a 'vessel', so you might want to re-consider your nomenclature as it pertains to your (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: What is it about the brick that has us hooked?
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(...) (great question!) I'm not sure. I think that Lego is one of a number of semi-addictive activities that adults do, like stamp collecting, or model trains, or any number of other hobbies. All kinds of hobbies have different "strengths" that (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Thank you for translation! (Re: New pictures of my Black Falcons)
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(...) Perhaps "Freeman" or "Mercenary" (if he hires himself out to fight for others) would be better? (...) From www.dictionary.com: 1. A gallant or chivalrous man, especially one serving as escort to a woman of high social position; a gentleman. 2. (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: rating?
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(...) That was fast; Thanks! It's a great feature, It just got me exposed to the April 1st train hoax - great stuff! (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.faq)
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| | Re: Thank you for translation! (Re: New pictures of my Black Falcons)
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(...) I have a question about this fellow. Is he able to bring these small animals to him from some distance away? If not, he wouldn't be a summoner. If he can just control the animals and tell them what to do, I'd call him an Enchanter. Jeff (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Sphere Primitive
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(...) I suspected this problem when I reviewed the precision of all the circular primitives, which is why I left them alone at that time. But... I never went back to check thoroughly! Chris (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: I'm Falling Apart!
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in article 38E4B7A2.BD913F0B@cyberix.com, Rick Tripp at lego-robotics@crynwr.com wrote on 3/31/00 7:35 AM: (...) One (hyphenated) word: cross-bracing. Check out Fred Martin's "Art of Lego Design", in pdf format on his web page. (URL) Doug Weathers, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: possible translations (was "Re: New pictures of my Black Falcons")
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(...) I think you mean "abjurer".(1) :) This was a word *long* before TSR came about, and even if they redefined it, it isn't copyrighted or trademarked. :) (...) Well, "implore" means beg, so maybe René meant "command"? Like I said in a previous (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: Castle discussion
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I'll probably be bringing a friend from my daughter's school with me, he has a great mountain fortress-type castle and has been building working siege engines lately. he also traded me most of a Metroliner for stuff he needed... it's now been washed (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | New Part: Castle Shield with Black Falcon Pattern [DAT]
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I have taken the opportunity to split out the non-decorated surface into a subpart in line with current practice for decorated parts. For this part I have hardcoded the shield as grey, so that the part colour controls the border - blue or yellow. (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: How do I...
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(...) I still have the 5571 on my desk, I hope I'll be able to take it apart with better success. Advice? (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Some Words To BFC
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(...) This points out that ray traced renderings of the transparent version of these pieces will not render the refraction correctly. In the best of all worlds, the interior surface would be removed. For ray tracing, the model could be replaced with (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Castle discussion
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(...) Lucky find! Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.org.ca.vlc)
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| | Re: Compass sensor
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in article FsCwGw.8nB@lugnet.com, Rob Doucette at rob.doucette@worldnet.att.net wrote on 4/1/00 2:19 PM: (...) Don't know anything about compasses, but you may be able to use mercury switches to determine if your compass is horizontal. The 'bot (...) (26 years ago, 5-Apr-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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