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(...) Today I downloaded the Lego Factory software for the first time. I tried playing with it a little but I was disappointed in the parts selection. Based on what was just mentioned in this thread..... ...If I say wanted to build a model with 24 (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory impressions
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(...) A few nits of my own: The cursor no longer changes to reflect what tool you are using. In 1.3, if you pressed 'd' for the clone tool, the cursor switched to a little version of the clone icon. Now the only indication is that the current tool's (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | New LEGO Store in Portland, OR
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Yes! Finally! Now I get to be as poor as everybody else who lives within easy commuting distance of a LEGO Store. The Portland (Oregon) store just opened in Washington Square, near Meier & Frank, and it's very nice. I slipped in before it was (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.loc.us.or.por, lugnet.year.2005, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: And that's kicking your Class [50]...
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GEH?!? Bloody Sweet. -Stefan- (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory impressions
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(...) Probably they have standard bags of parts - it's as if you buy an entire tub or most of one to guarantee you can build that model (and 5 others pointed out helpfully by the factory.) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Requirements for Mac LDD
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(...) Maybe the Rage M3 in my Powerbook G4 can get together with the Radeon 7500 in my G3 and somehow make it work.. oops, I need 10.3.9. Where's that Mac Classic? (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory impressions
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What the? They're not going to come out on top with that sorta setup. 40 bucks if the kid just wants a small animal-thingy? No way'll they convince their mumsies. Here's hopin' they change it. -Stefan- (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LEGO Factory impressions
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Well, I've built my first LDD model (a Railroad Crossing sign) and uploaded it to LEGO.com. Some initial impressions: 1. LDD is very frustrating if you're trying to do anything even slightly nonstandard with the parts. In my example, I want to (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Terms Of Service
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(...) I sure hope that is the case. (...) Of course, some people might consider (URL) attack choppers> excessively violent. I might upload some similar military hardware as a test. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory Terms Of Service
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(...) You actually read that stuff? ;) (...) That is weird. I bet they just don't want any model that could be interpreted as representing a real person, who might then sue them. (...) Well, that's good — perhaps that answers the question about (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: How to rotate a part in LDD (Mac)?
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(...) Thanks for the answer Eric and thanks for asking the question Joe. However, I am going to be a bit annoying here (no surprise really). This clinging-part thing is a bad metaphor because the "page up" and "page down" keys don't work on the (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Stumped already (LDD 1.4)
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(...) It can also be accessed by right-clicking the top of the window when you are in LDD. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) Marc's Creations>> (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Stumped already (LDD 1.4)
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(...) The LEGO Digital Designer button in your task bar (the bar that is by default at the bottom of your screen for win 2k/XP unless you moved it) next to the start menu/program button. You get one of these buttons for each running program, (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Some weird stuff in here... "Your model must not show human beings"? Do they mean actual, living persons, or any generic human figure? Is this some sort of Islamic thing? THE LEGO ® FACTORY TEAM WILL NEED TO REVIEW YOUR MODEL BEFORE IT GOES UP ON (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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Exactly wich button should we be right clicking on? I've clicked on just about every one and nothing Thanks Tom D (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD Help Needed
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(...) Me too! And the first thing I am trying to do is build a micro scale car. Grabbed a black 1x1 round plate as a wheel. Can't see it on the screen! How do you change the background color? JB (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDD Help Needed
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(...) Turn off automatic brick binding (the lock icon) and you willbe able to rotate in finer steps. -- Thomas Main thomasmain@myrealbox.com (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Requirements for Mac LDD
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(...) Yeah, I think the GPU would be the factor. For a tower, this one has a Radeon 9000 in it... (URL) iMac G4 has a GeForce 5200 in it.. (URL) eMac has the Radeon 7500.. (URL) of the iBook G4's appear to have at least a Radeon 9200 in them. The (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | New Mocs
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Forgot to post here...anyway, some new Classic Space MOCs... enjoy! Cheers! (URL) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.us.michlug)
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Hello everyone.. it's been a long long time since I've posted. Here are a few of the Classic Space Mocs I've been working on. The Galaxy Explorer inspired ship is the Galactic Explorer Mark II.. The original was destroyed in a car wreck I was in (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | Re: Stumped already (LDD 1.4)
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(...) Never mind, the task button is on the task bar! The doc actually explains this but who reads docs? (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: And that's kicking your Class [50]...
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In lugnet.trains, Jason J. Railton wrote: SNIP WOW! It certainly does kick my class 50! And IMHO Mark's too! I always love functionality, and for such a little diesel, this one sure is packed with features! That is some seriously amazing work. The (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Stumped already (LDD 1.4)
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(...) Are you on the Mac? right clicking on the program icon in XP gives me general properties of the program, not specific config options, so I'm guessing you are. if so, does anyone on Windows know how to do this, and if not, can you clarify a (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LDD Help Needed
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(...) You can select more than one piece at the same time, and move or rotate them all at once. Click on the carrot on the right of the pointer tool in the toolbar to expand it. Experiment with Select Multiple, Super Select, Same Colour Select, Same (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: How to rotate a part in LDD (Mac)?
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(...) At Joe's suggestion, I've captured this tip (and another one Joe contributed) in the new BrickWiki article (URL) usage notes) You are all invited to share further tips there if you like! (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LDD Help Needed
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(...) I've already sent in a request for a Mac readme/helpfile thru a LEGO Ambassador buddy :) ~Kevoh (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Siete ingegneri o artisti ?
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Ciao e benvenuto anche da parte mia. Anch'io mi definisco più un artista che un ingeniere, preferisco andare allo sbaraglio e lasciare che il modello che creo prenda forma man mano che la costruzione aumenta e che la fantasia, le conoscenze di (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | (OT) Giulio su PI!
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(URL) Cheers. Carlo LugNet #24 (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Request for LEGO Digital Designer Newsgroup
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I would like to request a new LEGO Digital Designer Newsgroup; a subgroup of lugnet.cad ----> to be ----> lugnet.cad.ldd . Please. Thanks. Eric Sophie LEGO Digital Designer user (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.suggestions) !
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| | Re: LDD Help Needed
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(...) Hey no fair – you guys get a documentation folder?!? There's no such thing in the Mac version. (...) Well, the mouse does a decent job of that. What I'm more concerned about is: how do I rotate a brick in anything other than 90-degree (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: And that's kicking your Class [50]...
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(...) Very nice, Congrats :) (...) I do like the grill in the roof. Finally a use for the fences :) (...) Now THAT is funky! I can't wait to see this sometime. (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: MLCAD mirrored submodels - Help please
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(...) I have seen the large one somewhere. I can't recall where though :( Another ******** of a model to do is the 8480 technic shuttle: (URL) gave up on the cables and fibre optics... :D (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: How to rotate a part in LDD (Mac)?
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(...) Glad to know I helped. Your very welcome. e (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: How to rotate a part in LDD (Mac)?
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(...) Oh! That's the problem. You have to do this while the part is still clinging to the mouse cursor. This whole clinging-part mode is alien to us Mac users — modes in general are considered evil here, and I keep trying to grab a piece and drag it (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: BNSF Dash 9
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(...) Hi Shaggie, That render nearly fooled me. How do you get the focus in POVray. I see that your camera has a definite focal point and blurring for more distant parts. Yours, Tim (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.ray, FTX)
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| | And that's kicking your Class [50]...
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I've finally ventured into the realm of smelly diesels, so here's my attempt at a non-steam locomotive. It's a BR Class 50. (URL) Class 50>> Click for (URL), when moderated. This is number 50043, "Eagle", and here's a preview pic: (URL) 50 preview>> (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !!
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| | Re: How to rotate a part in LDD (Mac)?
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(...) I don't know about MAC, but in LDD for PC (I assume is the same principle) once the part is selected, meaning you click with the arrow from the parts pallet, and when the part is shaded then you can rotate the part with the arrow keys. Be sure (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | How to rotate a part in LDD (Mac)?
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The pop-up tip says that you can rotate the selected part by using the arrow keys. But the arrow keys don't do a darn thing for me. Has anyone else managed to rotate a part in LDD? Is this just a bug with the new Mac version, perhaps? Thanks, Joe (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: BNSF Dash 9
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(...) Thank you. I've just uploaded another render of Dash 9. Check it out: (URL) Bye, -- Shaggie. (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Stumped already (LDD 1.4)
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(...) Hmm, that could be. That's actually a nice feature; I can see how if you owned one or more of these Designer sets, it might be fun to use LDD to design something you can build with it. (Of course it'd be substantially more productive to just (...) (21 years ago, 25-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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