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E se da casa ci portassimo dei badge fatti di Lego, con uno spazio per mettere un pezzetto di carta con su il nome? Ognuno diverso in maniera tale da evidenziare la fantasia dei costruttori Lego. Comunque io ci sarò da sabato mattina a domenica (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: FischerTechnik
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(...) I don't see them as competitors. Here they are amicably side by side: (URL) LEGO, FT, and now Vex. They each have their own strengths and weaknesses. I use them all :) CS (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
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(...) One thing, though. LDView can't be used to make instructions without using LPub, since it doesn't itself support the STEP command. And of course, LPub hasn't been ported to the Mac. --Travis (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Who's here?
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(...) Sup guys. Been awhile but I figured I'd let you all know I'm still alive believe it or not. High School sure puts a cramp on lego time. I don't know when the next time I'll be able to start playing again will be, but don't rule me out if (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.gaming.starship)
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| | Mosaic Madness
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(6 URLs) Six more easy-to-build 32 x 32 mosaics. Click on each picture or see my entire Brickshelf Mosaic folder (URL) here>. Enjoy, Patrick (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
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(...) Yes, LDGLite or LDView (both available for OS X). This renderers can produce very good rendering at high resolutions. -Orion (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
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(...) Oh Joe, what a can of worms that is. You're absolutely right that POV-Ray is useless for instructions. It's very nice for the picture on the front of the box, but it doesn't outline edges. The good news is that there is a solution. The (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
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(...) Thank you for the compliments, Andrew. I've admired Mac Brick CAD for a long time, and I'm impressed by all the work you've put into behind-the-scenes operation. I do Cocoa programming at work, but I have no professional experience with (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: New MOC: The Sluf air-fighter prototype
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(...) At last - something new under the sun. Extremely cool! (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: "Y Column all zeroes"
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(...) I just tested the above code in my copy of LDDP and it fixes the error. This feature has been implemented since 1.5.3, what version are you using? -Orion (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: "Y Column all zeroes"
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(...) Every other error ive seen, it can fix. I always use LDDP for part authoring anyway. (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | [rtlToronto] rtlToronto19: Balance of Power Photos Updated
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Hey folks, I have updated the rtlToronto19: Balance of Power website with photos of the fantastic balance beam Chris built: (URL) building for this event? Followup! Calum (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | The NMRA Trestle Bridge
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Hello Everyone! I've never posted a MOC on LUGNET before, but I'm not new to building. First, let me introduce myself: My name is Jeramy Spurgeon, current IndyLUG president and avid LEGO train fan! The trestle bridge and surrounding 6 x 6 baseplate (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: LDraw Animation - Why MPD?
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(...) Not really a big deal, i could change my mind if that's too difficult for me to program. (...) It's much worse than a new syntax. A whole new, entirely different programming paradigm to learn. A whole new program semantic. Almost any (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: "odd" rings
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(...) Yes, use 2 rings. Rings and cones are one of the few exceptions we make regarding overlapping quads/triangles. Check out this Excel spreadsheet that will show you the scaling you need to use for the rings: (URL) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: "Y Column all zeroes"
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(...) Hi Dean, LDraw Design Pad will detect and fix these errors for you. You can get the latest version here: (URL) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | LDD 1.3 - get it while you can
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If you uninstalled LDD 1.3 and want to get it back: (URL) I can't seem to get it to work with 1.4 installed. Worked fine after I uninstalled both and started from scratch. Ahh... missed that "all bricks, any color" palette. Marc Nelson Jr. (URL) (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | "Y Column all zeroes" [DAT]
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I am currently tidying up a few parts and I have come across a number of lines with the error: "Y column all zeroes": 1 16 39 9.72 29 -1.732 0 1 -0.225 0 0.707 1 0 1.732 2-4edge.dat 1 16 39 9.72 29 -1.732 0 1 -0.225 0 0.707 1 0 1.732 2-4disc.dat ^ ^ (...) (21 years ago, 28-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | "odd" rings
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Erm... I need to do a ring with an inner radius of 10 and an outer of 14. My reckoning means I need a factor of 4 and a ring with an inner diameter of 2.5. Which doesn't exist. Can anyone think of a way of doing this with a single ring or do I have (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts.primitives, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LF Yard Tower
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(...) Also notice that you get almost 2000 pieces but you only use about 1/8th of them. I think LEGO would do good to make more bags of less pieces. -Orion (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Micro Moonbase Starter for LDD
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(...) Thanks, Joe. I don't know about you, but I'm really hoping that they will add some baseplates (or at least some larger plates) to the next round of parts for LEGO Factory. -Joel (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) Mac OS X is case-insensitive. It is possible to get a case-sensitive file system, but the user would have to know what they are doing and many things would break. I remember some old LDraw apps being written case senstive so that if it was one (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LDGLite (on OS X) and Bricksmith
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(...) ImageMagick is available for OS X, but it isn't installed by default. And I think it requires X11, which also isn't installed by default. ftp://ftp.imagemagic...k/binaries (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) Yes, exactly. The LDraw file is case-insensitive so the onus is on the programmer to provide for this on case sensitive OS's -Orion (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: What is this thing?
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(...) It is a frisbee, I had a Yamaha one when I was a kid. The idea is it collapses if it hits you so it does not hurt like a plastic disk. Jude (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) I don't have a Mac, but if your file system is case sensitive (like most Unix file systems are), then that might be the cause of the problem. LDraw files assume a case-insensitive file system, or an application that's smart enough to deal with (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: LDGLite (on OS X) and Bricksmith
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(...) If you ever get ambitious, LDView has automatic tiling support built in to generate images of arbitrary size. You can take a look at my tiling code (although it's pretty spread out, which might make it difficult to track down all of it). (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Micro Moonbase Starter for LDD
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I uploaded this to LEGO Factory yesterday at lunch, but by now I've gotten tired of waiting for it to be approved, so I'm taking matters into my own, er, web server. :) (URL) Moonbase Starter>> This is a starter for micro-moonbase modules folling (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.space, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw Animation - Why MPD?
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(...) What's the Pro with MPD files in this case? My experince is that it makes programming much, much more difficult, and the gain is...(?) In LDA, I inlined all submodels into one model DAT* file for each Frame, and then one Master DAT file that (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Schizoid Joe Vig
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In lugnet.build.vignette, Alban NANTY wrote: (snip) (...) Let's talk about your custom SW droids... ;) FUT lugnet.off-topic.fun (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: And that's kicking your Class [50]...
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(...) LOL OK, OK, you're right, in hindsight, it does seem like an apples and oranges sort of comparision... :-) (...) I too have noticed that seems to be a problem with a lot of the more complicated loco MOCs. Legoswami (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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(...) That's also my approach. I have never used any animation system. I don't know what are the best animation concepts. As a programmer i only know what i can eventually do (my skills), what is my preferred approach (my talent) and what i consider (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) I do have the parts that came with the Bricksmith download. I placed the folder in the /Library directory. I believe I have set both applications to look at that location. After some further experimenting, I have now found some files that (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Schizoid Joe Vig
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(...) :-) Obviously you don't belong to those who never take minifig legs appart... just not like me (it would break my heart to torture a minifig like that...) Bye. (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Schizoid Joe Vig
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Poor Joe Vig It could be difficult to have two faces... (URL) Erik "brickerik" Amzallag FreeLUG member (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: LDGLite (on OS X) and Bricksmith
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(...) Should be pretty close, they share the same codebase. However I think some opengl implementations may limit your canvas to a bit less than infinite for ldglite. I think you get pretty good antialiasing just by scaling by 2 or 3. Here are some (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: LDGLite for OS X 1.0.18 now available
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(...) Um, sorta, kinda. I think it always handled them when they were in "quotes", but now I fixed up at least the L3 parser to deal with the new MLCad and BrickSmith style without the quotes. However, I've got to learn lex and yacc to modify the (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Whose angel sculpture was that?
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(...) I was only asking for the technical details and missed the ACM article bit in the original post, but I assume it refers to this ((URL) would seems a suitable home for a technical discussion about the work. That is just a guess though. Tim (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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| | Re: How do I get these new applications working?
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(...) Sounds like it can't find the parts. For ldglite, you can use the instructions here. For BrickSmith, I suspect your best bet is to use the one that comes with the parts. (URL) luck, Don (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | custom switches on ebay
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hey all, i put a set of my custom switches on ebay to test the waters. i'm also trying to gather some funds for NWBrickCon. help me get to the event and check it out. (URL) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: Ahhhh Friction, my old friend
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(...) these are the first few pics. (URL) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: What is this thing?
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This is a Blacktron access key decoder disc. If you hold it under a piece of red or blue cellophane, it displays your social security number or student ID. You may already have been compromised. (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Whose angel sculpture was that?
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(...) What exactly is an ACM article. Sorry for my ignorance--but I for one have no problem exposing it. Tommy Armstrong (URL) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Re: Timber trestle crossing water
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(...) Well, I have say the person who made the bridge at the NMRA show has set the standard. (URL) Maybe its creator could pass along some info??? Adr. (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: WWII has begun!
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Hello! (...) Usually it's called "Panzerfaust" ("tank fist"). Otherwise "Panzerschreck". Jojo (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.military, FTX)
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| | What is this thing?
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Hi. I found this at a flea market today: (URL) a disc maybe 6-8" in diameter made of heavy canvas. The border is also quite heavy; it has something sewn into it (like a heavy cord or flexible wire) to weight it down, it seems. My wife decided it (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: Legofest..... presentazioni
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(...) E che problema c'è? A me capita sempre... Sono totalmente incapace di associare nomi e volti, oggi me li dite domani li dimentico :-) Ciao! Gabriele (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) Hmmm... I think this could possibly be used on something like the 8421 crane, now that we have proper pieces to fix two cylinders together. Since cylinders are cheaper and more plentiful (especially in Backhoes) this makes sense for use on (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Brickfest Pneumatic Master and new Pneumatic Gate Circuits
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(...) I don't quite understand what you're getting at, but I don't see how two switches back to back, offset from each other and switching the same signals would help. I can see some optimistation in my earlier diagram, removing one switch from A to (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: Timber trestle crossing water
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(...) I had a look at the google images and was surprised to see any trestles getting wet. I think the trestles are directly buried in the ground on each side of the river, with rock in the ground being the support. I guess the timber wouldn't last (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Legofest..... presentazioni
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OOOOOOPPPSSSS ho sbagliato NG Capitemi, ieri sera alle 24,30 provavo il secondo modulo GBC..... Giuliano (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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(...) That is a good point. Take a look at the .png format. They have made a fully extensible format which covers the simple, and covers the complex. I would suggest that any animation format should be based on an equally extensible format, probably (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Legofest..... presentazioni
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Tavola?....... E chi ha mai parlato di mangiare? :-) (c'è qualche programma?) Io ci sarò di sicuro domenica dalla mattina, per sabato pensavo di venire solo al pomeriggio, a meno che non ci sia bisogno di me per assistenza, facchinaggio, ecc. (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Legofest..... presentazioni
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(...) Io ci sarò da sabato metà mattina circa fino a metà pomeriggio, poi da domenica pomeriggio fino alla fine. Così chi ha qualcosa in sospeso con me si può regolare;-) ciao! Matteo (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Intelegent Train: was Re: Lego Train Factory - "preliminary wagon design"
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(...) snip Sorry I don't have an Intelligent train, or even a Duplo train. I have just been looking at them wondering if the Play Train would be like them. I think they look great and new designs for 2005. The Intelligent train looked exciting but (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Legofest..... presentazioni
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Non ti preoccupare... mal che vada, ci si conoscerà tutti quando si andrà a tavola! ;-)))) P.S. Piuttosto...chi c'è e in quali giorni? Ciao 6Lovers (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Legofest..... presentazioni
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Salve, Al Legofest di Torino mi troverò con alcuni di voi per scambi, consegne, saluti, ecc. Ma... non avendo mai partecipato ad un Legofest (se non un veloce passaggio a Monza), mi accorgo che non saprei riconoscervi. Così come molti di voi non (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: Cerco motori 9V tipo nuovo
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Mi va bene, grazie, Porterò un altro paio di motori 9V, tipo vecchio. Per un altro eventuale scambio Giuliano (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: My humble opinion about LDraw animation
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(...) Get ready for a book... You've started to describe exactly what I want to avoid. 1. Doing something so simplistic would never be able to hold my interest, and I suspect it would not interest anyone else who intended to do anything complex. (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.ray, lugnet.animation)
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| | Re: Announcing Bricksmith for Macintosh
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(...) Ah. I was using cvs -d:pserver:anonymous...bricksmith checkout bricksmith instead of cvs -d:pserver:anonymous...bricksmith checkout Bricksmith (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Re: New Mocs: Classic Spac
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Nick, True, I'm not sure this could land except on a giant sized moonbase module. My vision is to create a giant size classic space landing plate+crater plate similar to the configuration for the Galaxy Explorer. That said made quite an impression (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: New Mocs: Classic Spac
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(...) Dave, The depression is an avionics bay that has a missing hatch cover. Brighter pix will on there way once final repairs/upgrades are complete. Thanks! (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | How do I get these new applications working?
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It is good to see new LDRAW applications (Bricksmith 1.0, LDGLite 1.1.18) coming out for the Mac. However, I can't seem to get either of them to display some of the .dat files I've collected from various sources. I have viewed them using MLCad on a (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Out of the shadows....finally
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Hi everyone, Been lurking around LUGNET for ages and it's high time that I "de-lurked" so here goes...I am 19 year old LEGO fan (yup, I'm over 18 but I'm still a teen at heart.=D ) staying in Singapore. My current specific LEGO interest are Town (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.people.teens, lugnet.loc.sg)
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| | Re: AFOL Web Developers! (was Re: LEGO Developer's Guild)
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Sounds very cool. I just went and signed up. My only page online is on C-S, and I stole the page design. :D It'll be nice to watch and read and see what others say on such topics. Definitely a good idea! -Stefan- (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish)
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| | Ahhhh Friction, my old friend
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Iain, I have now built the better part of the "balance of power" game board. I was very worried about how I was going to make the board level. turns out, after a few test screws, I found the center of the 2x4. A few "extra" twists of the nut, and (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | LDGLite for OS X 1.0.18 now available
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LDGLite 1.0.18 for OS X is now available at (URL) the especially lazy among us... (URL) include... Model and camera can be moved in edit mode. LDGLite will now properly handle spaces in ".ldr" file names, right? What else Don? I haven't been paying (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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| | Re: Crazy idea for third-party Factory-like service
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(...) Beautiful idea! If I may add a slight suggestion... How about just writing some code for bricklink and selling it to them which takes an mlcad model and scans Bricklink for the best deal for those pieces or all pieces from one vendor etc. Kind (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LF Yard Tower
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Took a crack at this, converted my yard tower design (as found in the Virtual LEGO book) as closely as I could (within reason, I switched to medium slope roof bricks since low slopes in a well rounded assortment in any earth tone are rare in that (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains)
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| | Timber trestle crossing water
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Prototype question: When a timber trestle bridge crosses water, is it usual to have the timber bents permanently submerged? Or is it usual to have stone or concrete piers supporting the trestle bents? I've tried google, but can't find a clear (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Akro-Mils Storage Containers for Sale
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I still have some of these left if anyone is still interested in getting some of them. Troy (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: More for the Hobby Show...
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(...) oh. OK. so the GBC is really MY idea. ok. Im cool with that. thanks Chris ps. did my GBC idea set a world record? (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | AFOL Web Developers! (was Re: LEGO Developer's Guild)
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Ok, I promise I'm not trying to win the prize for the oldest thread resurrected :) But when we were at Brickfest a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that many of the conversations that I was involved with were about code, and websites, and how to make (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general) !!
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| | Re: seems like calum had a good idea....
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(...) Sorry for the late response Rob, I have been mostly offline for the last two weeks (can I say "I hate Bell Canada???" or is that slander???) That fig is not mine, I just had the honour of being photographed with it. IIFRC that fig "head" is (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto19 Robotics Contest Rules and Date Finalized
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(...) im about to START to make this game board. my FIRST step is to get the thing to balance (more or less) THEN Since the rules state the robot with its "side" up at the end of the game, is the winner, i see no reason why we CANT just put in a (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: FischerTechnik
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(...) Try here: (URL) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto19 Robotics Contest Rules and Date Finalized
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.... So nobody has any problem with the beam not having a counterbalance, and it cartwheeling wildly out of control at the begining of every game, with the slightest offset in mass between the two robots, and guilotining the lower-guy's robot (...) (21 years ago, 27-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory approval time
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(...) During the first LEGO Factory competition, it could take more than a week to get your model approved, although they improved that to just a few days in most cases. Kelly (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | LDD/Lego Factory Designed Chapel
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Here's my first attempt at a limited-palette based MOC in Lego Digital Designer/Lego Factory. I've uploaded it to the gallery and it is pending approval. But in the meanwhile, and for a better picture, look here: (URL) Pieces: 632 (Pieces used in (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.announce.moc)
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I uploaded a model over lunch (about 3 hours ago now), and it's still not approved... which is reasonable, but I was rather hoping that they'd have some staff watching the incoming folder and approving things in more or less real-time the first few (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory impressions
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(...) Except... Limit 1 per customer :( ROSCO (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | RE: FischerTechnik
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Have you seen the new Vex robotics stuff from Radio Shack? I think that is more of a competitor to mindstorms (several people on this list now have some experience with that). Larrry Whitman larry.whitman@wichita.edu (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Why is there no plate 1x5
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(...) I'll add tile 2x2 corner and 1x2 half round plate, brick and tile to the request list! A 1x5 plate can be made in 3 ways: 1x1 + 1x4, 1x2 + 1x3 or 1x5 technic plate with rounded ends and axle hole in the middle (an older version of it exists (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: New Mocs: Classic Spac
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(...) thing going to land? It is a cool feature though. Like an ISD playset. My favorite feature is the lowering bay in this picture: (URL) is pretty cool too: (URL) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.space)
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late last night I stumbled onto their website: (URL) vaguely remember playing with a set when I was maybe 10 yrs old. They seem to be trying to compete with Mindstorms lately, especially in the educational market. Does anyone have a set, and/or have (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) First of all, I'm glad to hear that you (and the bricks) are okay following your car crash. As someone else mentioned, the mech-suit is very cool. On the 3/4 view of the ship I see what looks like a small depression near the nose--what do you (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.space)
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(...) beh ci sto.. cosi' posso fare questo : (URL) se qualcuno ha da vendermi un turntable completo : (URL) lo faccia sapere per favore .. se per te va bene te lo porto alla legofest domenica, se hai fretta e sei vicino a Milano ci possiamo vedere (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug.market)
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| | Re: -7 al Legofest: chiusura iscrizioni per gli espositori
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Ciao a tutti,scusate la mia assenza ,io sono incerto per la mia presenza ,cmq al limite solo la domenica con solo un mezzo da esporre quindi non ho bisogno di molto spazio . Lo saprò con certezza solo lunedì:-(((...((( Ciao Fabio (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.it.itlug)
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| | Re: New Mocs: Classic Spac
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The connector may not fit, I haven't built a moonbase module to connect to. I did build a reference 2 story that did connect but I've redone the landing gear so, I need to verify/rebuild that. There are several parts that are unfinised aside from (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: More for the Hobby Show...
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(...) I'm sure this is killing you. Let me try to make it easier. While I did most of the posting, it was not MY idea. It was actually an idea from our club (LafLRC). There were five or six people who worked out the final spec. But, it didn't start (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: De Plane Boss, De Plane! And a Joe Vig Vignette (not risque this time, but a little off color)
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(...) I know he's supposed to be getting a tattoo on his rear end, but (URL) just looks so effing wrong. RWGPKU (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.town, FTX)
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In lugnet.general, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote: (snip) (URL) (...) Now that's a problem. Joe (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) You disappoint me Samarth. Jason didn't mean "kick everyone else's MOCs"! The idea was to kick some @$$ with a great MOC, which he has done. There isn't really a comparison with other MOCs of any scale. I agree about the well executed (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) I don't know if there are 8x8 plates in trans orange.. I used regular ol red pieces in a kind of a frame shape so there was a hole in the bottom for light to go through. Yeah Obi's grin kind of annoys me too but like you say the consolation is (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.build.vignette, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Factory impressions
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(...) Cool! And the 'Building Instructions' link gets you the .lxf file. Great work! Replacing everything after "mid=" with everything after the last slash in the .lxf and .jpg links gets me a link to my Yellow Jet: (URL) looks like you can't buy (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: LDGLite (on OS X) and Bricksmith
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(...) Yeah, it's probably about time. Plus it looks like the embedded spaces in filenames issue is about to hit it big. You'll have to fetch the latest code (1.1.18) to get the fix for that one. (...) Err, I know I can't... Don (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Hmm, then what would be nice is a way of telling when you are openning a new bag. For example, I built a Red Pickup truck, and my model set basically works out to be the Designer set that builds cars, but my model set costs 24.95. Now, if I (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh yeah, have it work both ways would be fine with me too, and it wouldn't confuse people who got use to the way it is now. Chris (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: More for the Hobby Show...
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(...) as much as i ~HATE~ having to use steves idea... i like this idea a lot. Chris (sigh) what next, peace in gaza? skating in hell? (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: [rtlToronto] rtlToronto19 Robotics Contest Rules and Date Finalized
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(...) OK. im back. Calum, do you really think that is OK? OR is the fun of THIS game, to see how people solve for this. and without a "cubed" size limit, your thought is to see how NUTS people go?? (...) I guess we can also make the height of the (...) (21 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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