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After going to a railway exhibition last Saturday (23rd May), and buying some books, I was inspired to build some new wagons. I added working features, such as opening doors, as well as SNOT lettering. Most are real UK wagons but I also did the (...) (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | TRU sale til June 4th, Bionicle, Agents and Creator
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Late posting, sorry. Sale May 29th to Thursday June 4th. 20% off all Bionicle, Agents and Creator. Also $30 off the Twilight ($89.97, reg $119.99), for anyone who didn't get it half price from S@H awhile ago. They also have half a page of exclusive (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jun-09, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Open Studio Event - Sean Kenney
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Visit to see Sean Kenney's LEGO Art Studio at the Long Island City Arts Center, Open Studio Event - May 30 - 2009 (2 URLs) MOCpages> (URL) Brickshelf> We had a great time! Sean was super nice too. He has (1) a lot of LEGO! Enjoy! Eric Sophie (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jun-09, to lugnet.events, FTX) !
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| | Re: LDDP current version - BUG?
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(...) It seem the author uploaded a fix so I can't check with that file. I did find a bug that may have cased you problem though. I've uploaded a new version of LDDP that fixes this bug: https://sourceforge....a=23750809 -Orion (15 years ago, 1-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDDP current version - BUG?
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(...) You're right. I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote the above. I'll look into the problem. -Orion (15 years ago, 1-Jun-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | DATHeader version 2.0.4 for WINDOWS, LINUX and MAC
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And here is the next release of DATHeader. The following happend: 1) Some more adjustments to recognize part type correctly 2) If EDIT commands used the current file will be unloaded. 3) Notify about wrong colors now without separate messages 4) (...) (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDDP current version - BUG?
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(...) I don't think so, as the official document ((URL) reads like this: Line Type 2 Line type 2 is a line drawn between two points. The generic format is: 2 <colour> x1 y1 z1 x2 y2 z2 Where: * <colour> is a number representing the colour of the (...) (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDDP current version - BUG?
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(...) Concave is not the same as co-planer. Co-planarity checks to see if all the points in the quad lie on the same plane (with in some tolerance). You can have a co-planer, concave quad. (...) Those are illegal type 2 lines as they have 3 points (...) (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: You have a friend in me...
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(...) As for proof, I (...) I guess I misspoke in my excitement to see building bricks in the ad. Cheers, Janey Red Brick (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: LDDP current version - BUG? [DAT]
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(...) I just checked an LDView reports concave quads. Can somebody explain that to me, as I believed it can be checked with planarcheck, but co-planarity is ok. One other thing. At part (URL) LDDP does not find any double lines. But there are double (...) (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Brickworld Castle contest - Fling Things!
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As many people have seen from the (URL) website>, we will again be doing the Fling Things contest. We will be using the same standard brick "missile" to fling. The missile is a simple stack of 2X4 bricks in two layers: two 2X4 bricks side-by-side (...) (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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| | Re: LDDP current version - BUG?
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(...) I just checked this part. The 2 lines in question look to be concave in LDView. -Orion (15 years ago, 31-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDDP current version - BUG?
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I just came across the following problem. For part (URL) LDDP generate 2 error regarding planarity. Planarcheck does not. Anybody with similar experience? cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 30-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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In lugnet.cad, Michael Horvath wrote: <SNIP> (...) Yes, the original design was British, so used imperial units. Chris (15 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: You have a friend in me...
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(...) Just saw that same trailer (in 3D) before UP last night. They're not specifically identified as LEGO bricks, mind you, nor do they show anything that looks like sort of LEGO sets that we've been led to expect. As for proof, I would think the (...) (15 years ago, 30-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | LOCATION CHANGE!! Re: May 30th, 2009 SMART meeting
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I just drove past DigiPen and there's a strong probability that the building is unavailable today. Fortunately I've been able to reserve meeting room #1 at the Redmond Regional Library, so we'll meet there instead. Redmond Regional Library Meeting (...) (15 years ago, 30-May-09, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Looking for Guelph (*and area) Builders???
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Well, since I have just recently moved into this lovely city of Guelph and I am not working, and missing all my friends and family... COMBINED with the fact that I actually started building again. I am looking for anyone in the Guelph area, that (...) (15 years ago, 30-May-09, to lugnet.loc.ca.on)
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| | You have a friend in me...
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I have heard a few rumours about Lego and Pixar getting together... but this might be the first bit of proof I have seen. My son called me in to watch a YouTube trailer for the upcoming (read:eventually appearing in Theatres near you) for Toy Story (...) (15 years ago, 30-May-09, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Re: The Blacktron ULOW-1x: Unmanned Listening Outpost, Winterized
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(...) Great use of tread links and the 1X2 slope with the slots. (URL) Brian Darrow> would be proud. David (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés jeudi 28 mai 2009
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Artisanat et briques LEGO à Palladuc (63) ** par (...) (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | The Blacktron ULOW-1x: Unmanned Listening Outpost, Winterized
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(URL) ULOW-1x: Unmanned Listening Outpost, Winterized> The Blacktron Intelligence Agency has recently set up a prototype listening station (ULOW-1x) on the ice covered proto-planet PP1. Sources close to the BIA have confirmed the rumor that this (...) (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) I use it sometimes in the middle of part design to make sure I have a valid part header and be able to get smooth shading with LDView. Philo (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion: !TYPE line
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(...) Sounds logical, but if we would have that in this way we just could go and hard color the part. At this point you should not be so narrow to the real part. In our part files there should be only the geometric data defined. The color is defined (...) (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Suggestion: !TYPE line
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LEGO parts may vary in colour and pattern, but they are always of the same material. For example, there is no such thing as a Technic Axle 7 made of rubber or the Axle Flexible 7 that's solid, is there? Here I got an idea: have parts identify what (...) (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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(...) I'd go with ldconfig.ldr. LDraw.exe is now legacy software (and is in fact not complaint with the current spec). Since ldconfig.ldr is per spec where color are defined, it should always be present in a 100% complaint distro. -Orion (15 years ago, 29-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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(...) If I would make the "Old Header" and "New Header" larger it would not fit good to smaller desktops. I am thinking of make to whole window able to maximise. That would then help both of us. At present DATHeader is designed to output a file that (...) (15 years ago, 28-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: DATHeader NEW as .NET application (version 2.0.1)
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Hello, I would like to have larger components "Old Header" and "New Header". Often the header does not fit to them and you have to scroll down both lists. And, please, make replacing "0" comments by "0 //" as option. This feature kill mlcad hide (...) (15 years ago, 28-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDraw.exe removed from distribution?
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Hello all, I just downloaded the complete.zip and discovered LDraw.exe is no longer present. I take this is a step in creating the 100% CA distro? Anyhow, I always used LDraw.exe to validate (in LD4DStudio) if a folder is indeed the library's root. (...) (15 years ago, 28-May-09, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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(...) I was aware of the Kiddiecraft connection, and that TLC bought all the remaining rights from them at some point, but I thought the original Automatic Binding Bricks were a legally licensed copy/variation of the Kiddiecraft bricks. If they (...) (15 years ago, 28-May-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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(...) That's hardly some freak coincidence. The original 1949 Lego brick was an unauthorized copy of the Kiddicraft Self-Locking Building Brick, invented by an Englishman named Hilary Page. When the Christiansens got samples of them from the British (...) (15 years ago, 28-May-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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(...) Center-to-center, of course. The stud diameters differ by 0.028 between the drawings too, creating a diff of the gaps of 0.046 (but the length of the parts are exactly the same). (...) Well, the drawings are of parts, not molds (and the parts (...) (15 years ago, 27-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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(...) That much? Wow. I figured the distance between two studs should be closer to 3mm, since a LEGO tile is (in theory) 3.2mm thick, and it will sorta fit between two studs. Or were you refering to the center-to-center distance? Anyways, one thing (...) (15 years ago, 27-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Limited Bricks
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Hello, During the last BeLUG event, i had quite a good time building with only a limited amount of bricks. This is it: (URL) Cheers, Didier (15 years ago, 26-May-09, to lugnet.space, lugnet.build, FTX)
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| | Re: Mechahub Civilian Mecha Contest
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(...) The contest deadline has been extended to 6/6/09. Extending the contest was not a decision that was taken lightly. The pros and cons were weighed and in the end, you can't satisfy everyone. It was felt that the community would benefit with an (...) (15 years ago, 27-May-09, to lugnet.build.mecha, FTX)
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| | Perth Model Railway Show - This weekend!!
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Hi All, This Long Weekend (May 30th - June 1st) the Perth Adult Lego Society is displaying it's biggest train and town layout yet at the Perth Model Railway Show. Come along to the Claremont Showgrounds to see our world record bridge attempt, lots (...) (15 years ago, 27-May-09, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.events)
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| | Re: Oh man.
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Wow! Good to hear from you after all these years. I'll never forget the sight of your monster ship packed up in sections and squashed into the back of your car at Brickfest ;-) You can still contact me about roller bearings when you want ;-) (note (...) (15 years ago, 26-May-09, to lugnet.loc.us.or, lugnet.loc.us.or.eug, FTX)
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| | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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(...) I'm not at liberty to say too much, but I have actually looked at three real drawings of LEGO parts, and not even TLC seems to be sure what the dimensions should be - I've seen the distance between two studs dimensioned as 8 mm on one part and (...) (15 years ago, 26-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés lundi 25 mai 2009
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Bonjour Voici la lettre d'information du site "FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group" ((URL) lettre recense les articles et les brèves publiés depuis 1 jour. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Résumé du salon de la maquette et du modélisme de (...) (15 years ago, 26-May-09, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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(...) I tried the experimental approach, built a long line of 23 x Technic beams 16 assembled with plates and measure the total length: 2937mm With 8mm distance between studs, the theoretical value is 2944mm, error is -0.23% With 5/16" distance (...) (15 years ago, 26-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Looking for dimensions of LEGO bricks.
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(...) Huh. I was about to point out that a 48x48 baseplate is 15" per side, but it turns out it's actually just shy of 15-1/8". Conversion gets you 381mm based on a 15" baseplate, and 384mm based on an 8mm 1x brick, and that 3mm difference is just (...) (15 years ago, 25-May-09, to lugnet.cad)
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