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(...) Hi Torben, To mirror you need to edit the rotation matrix by hand. It is easiest to do if you have only rotated in 90 degree angles in which case you just put a negative sign in front of one of the entries and that mirrors along that axis. (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) I mechanically link the two pistons together so they act as though they were one larger piston, also I mechanically link the four switches. This eliminates any issue with racing between the two pistons and their switches. Could you explain in (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: A LEGO double-throw switch?
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(...) Or, connect it to a technic turntable, so you can rotate it to any angle you want. ROSCO (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Siete ingegneri o artisti ?
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(...) Benvenuto! (...) <KRIPTIK> Personalmente, sono un artista, ma sono un ingegnere... </KRIPTIK> (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Lego Train Factory - "preliminary wagon design"
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(...) Wow, I hope they brew up a better motor unit. The current one did not have to be designed to be efficient like the technic gear motor shipped with the RIS sets. It relies on endless juice from the controller. I think if they just use the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) The following design will turn a polarity switch into a two-way splitter. (URL) That is, the switch controls whether the input will go to the left output or the right. Use two of these, one at each ends of the conveyor belt, to make a (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Thanks for the kind words Vineet! What I meant was; before the boom only elevated to about 35 degrees. The real ones go past 45 degrees. It was a good design that needed improvement. I think it is lighter now too. One good tip I got at (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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(...) Well that just sucks. They don't want too many people using LDraw, I guess? Because many users simply won't jump through that many hoops to get started. They'll download a CAD program, double-click it, see scary messages about LDraw not being (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) Perfect. Sorry I missed that before, and thanks for pointing it out! Best, Joe (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: MLCAD mirrored submodels - Help please
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(...) Thanks Niels - you're absolutely right. Inserting the submodel higher up and moving it down sorts it. Plus new things underneath are sorted as well. However, I'd be very grateful to know how to mirror, if you could please. In this case (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Just so that ya don't put yourself out more money than ya have to - here's a list of Amazon available new copies. Under $2 for the cheapest one. :D (URL) Comp sounds like it oughta be able to handle it, and there is a file in the mod called (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) I'll have to try it on my home PC when I get a copy of the game (I'm bidding on a used copy on eBay right now). My PC is something like a 1.3 Ghz Athlon, with an older GeForce card (AGP 2x) and 256 MB of ram. I'll let you know how it plays on (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Hi Shaggie, That is some beautiful rendering work you have in your directory. Very nice trains to boot. Please do keep up the good work. Tim (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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Hello, I've made a CAD model of Dash 9 in BNSF livery. It's 48 stud long and contains approx. 550 parts. (2 URLs) Some of the parts I've used don't exist in orange yet, but let's hope Lego will introduce them soon. Please let me know, if you like (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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As discussed at the August meeting, a build contest will be held for September. The theme? MICRO! This is an open ended theme contest with lots of prizes! The prizes will be announced later. Anything goes for this contest as long as it is smaller (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.indylug, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, at the Brickfest speech, Mark? from the LDD/Factory team mentioned that it was possible to build models using the keyboard only -- we just had to find the secrets that were already in the program. I was hoping someone had found this (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: 628 X-Large Gray Baseplate Color from S@H
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(...) I've got a couple of unopened old gray ones if you need one or two Dustin. Bert (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.color)
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(...) I'm looking into alternative gate designs and I'd like to have a good library of them on my Brickshelf to then use as a resource for article pictures. This includes N-input gates of each type, as I intend to draw the module that can be (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Intelegent Train: was Re: Lego Train Factory - "preliminary wagon design"
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(...) David, Just curious, what did you think about the intelligent train? My son really enjoyed playing with that. He probably would still be playing with it if I wasn't so into 9v trains. He enjoyed making it toot with the different bricks, and he (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | "For Lego, an Online Lifeline?"
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Taken from: (URL) For Lego, an Online Lifeline? The building-block maker has had some rough times as toys go digital, but its new Lego Factory Web site may help it reconnect with kids When he was a three-year-old boy, Neal McClatchey's father (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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Dear Joe, I'll write more about your previous (good!) suggestions when I have more time later. For now, I'll point you in the direction of the Tools menu, where you'll find a "Show Colors" selection. You'll notice that the Colors palette tracks (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) I'm here - just amazed at the chaos I kicked up :-). Incidently, I've grown to hate those tank tread belts (those, originally, were going to be the conveyor, but they are just too stiff). I've now got more ideas running around in my head as to (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: The Midsummer of '05
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(...) Adrian, as always, vary nice work. R U bringing it to the SanDLUG meeting? Mat (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.build, lugnet.org.us.sandlug, FTX)
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| | Truckfest/Scotfest
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29th October 2005. The Boat Club, Aberdour, Fife. In an attempt to open it up to all Brickish members it is called a Truckfest. This is because at the last Scotfest it was suggested we each build a 8-wide minifig scale truck. It can be any length - (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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| | Re: Lego Train Factory - "preliminary wagon design"
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(...) Thanks for finding the images. The wagon is much more complex that I expected. I had been looking at the Duplo wagons, expecting to be like them or very much juniorised. Will 5-7 year olds be able to build the wagons? I tell parents of young (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Newport advanced
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(...) BIOMECHANICAL BRICKS SHOW TODAY! ==== One block East of the Newport/Pavoina PATH Station. 5-8pm Eric Sophie Bots-Mecha-Robotics-Moonbase (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.us.nj, lugnet.loc.us.ny, FTX)
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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(...) Unfortunately, I am very busy right now. Once again, I have to move and it sure takes its toll from my resources. But I'd like to repeat what I've said earlier on creating LDraw based animations. We have LD4D, we have POV-ray's support for (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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(...) Actually, I was working on this very thing (45 degree angles) for a new GBC module over the weekend. (you remember GBC, don't you? You know, the creature that wouldn't die :) - thanks Steve for such a wonderful way to waste all my free time :) (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Absolutely!! I am always interested in seeing unique solutions to the same quest. Sounds like a neat idea. Thanks, Bryan (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: tornato !
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(...) Beh, però sarebbe carino fare una scenetta simile nel diorama cittadino :-) Il tuo modello sarebbe già troppo grosso (infatti non hanno usato quel veicolo), quindi basterebbe fare due veicoli più piccoli, il sommergibile... e una marea di (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
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(...) It's always nice to see new stuff like this. Especially with the source code available in CVS on the sourceforge site. Cool! (...) Hmm, I don't know, the file looks OK to me. I don't remember any limit on nested MPD subfiles. And I also don't (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Siete ingegneri o artisti ?
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Ciao a tutto il newsgroup, Ho visto le vostre stupende creazioni, i raduni (LEGOFEST) che organizzate, le ardite soluzioni tecniche che utilizzate per superare le difficolta' di riprodurre la realta' coi beneamati mattoncini. Ho conosciuto i LEGO a (...) (21 years ago, 21-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Modellmessen 2005
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In lugnet.loc.no, Bjørn-Erik Gunnerød wrote: ... (...) Ser du har lagt ut ljanmtak.ldr, men for at denne skal fungere, må du legge ut subfilene Ljanst2.ldr og hovedtakfb.ldr også. Thomas (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.no)
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(...) Yeah, you aren't suppose to distribute the library with your app. The cool shniz would be to have the app auto find the library or download it for you if it can't find it though! The path should never change: (URL) looked at the app yet but (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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(...) I don't know about stronger, but they're definitley smoother. There's less play between the newer gears. They're also wider, so there's more contact between the tooth and the gear perimeter. That may make them stronger. The only drawback is (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: BrickSpace now available for download.
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(...) D'oh. That's me copypasting and not double checking it. :p Fixed, thanks fer noticing. (...) Thanks! Specs on the PC that took that are - 2ghz Athlon (so 1.67ghz or something), Radeon 9600XT, and 512M Ram. It's also been run on a 2.5ghz (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Formerly Known as "The Royal Knight's Castle"
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Well my folder is now public, so you can look at my pictures, and I'll try to get pictures of all my siege engines that I've made. (Siege tower, battering rams, a working ballista, and a trebuchet.) Any ways I'm open for your comments, both good (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: MLCAD mirrored submodels - Help please
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(...) MLCad usually orient any new part like the one before, so it sounds like you mirrored the previous part accidentally. So you should be able to fix the problem by unmirroring the second last part. If you don't know how, insert the part in top (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | tornato !
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Eccomi di ritorno dalle vacanze e da... un'influenza! ..ma come si fa a farsi attaccare la febbre del proprio filgio di 17 mesi !! Devo rimettermi al lavoro al + presto per portare qualche cosa di bello al prox lego fest di Torino... è che sono un (...) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
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(...) Sure it's handy, but i wonder whether the LDraw Standard Commitee and the Jessiman family will agree. damien web page: (URL) (21 years ago, 24-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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