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(...) Oh. Oh. I... I wish somebody had told me this before, instead of arrogant and provoking things like: "Welcome to 2009". Or maybe someone has tried, but I've been the write protected that time? /Tore (15 years ago, 5-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Yes, exactly. 48 is rendered as trans-black, 65 is blue, and 133 should be dark pink (or whatever we're calling color #5 today). Steve (15 years ago, 5-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Do you mean that original LDraw accepts color 48, 65, 133 without error message? I didn't know that. Pity L3Lab (and L3P v1.3 which I no longer use)don't act that way. If so, I guess I stand corrected. And blushing. But yet, with a little (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Just to be clear: all colors from 0 to 511 (except 16 and 24) are true LDraw colors. For color codes less than 256, LDraw would use the lowest 4 bits to determine the color value. The sixth bit would determine transparency. The other bits were (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Official alternative model of set 8671
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(...) Not to take away from Jaco's work (which is most impressive), but the original can be gotten from: (URL) those who want to compare before and after, perhaps? :) -- joshua (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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(...) I for one would have been very happy with that approach. That's exactly what I have tried to tell over and over and over again. Could those of you who have their intellectual write protection on, pretty pretty please unlock it for just a few (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Whoa, thanks for the heads up. Our tree is in a carpeted room, and I doubt I'll ever run the thing except around Christmas time. It'll probably spend most of its life on display. Sad to hear about the scratching issues, Dave. I will remember (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) In-home, floor level use is probably fine, but if you ever run that on a layout you better hope that it doesn't take a spill, or the silver paint is likely to get uglified. I was never really sure if they were painted or not, but recently I (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX)
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(...) models, so it is quite common for the assembly not to fit on the page. The workaround I have used so far is to make my own custom assembly images from LView and them manually put them in the final PDF file. That's what I did (URL) here>. Eric (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Here is a little trolley that I built yesterday to run around the Christmas tree this year: (URL) Aside from the WOW factor of seeing a MOC completely in a rare color, it was a pretty straight-forward build. The only tricky part was the fact that I (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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(...) Looks awesome, Tony! The bridge as seen as a thumbnail actually looks real! Great staging, and a not too shabby MOC as well! (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Nobody ever listens to me on the issue of colors, but that doesn't mean I'll go quietly... (...) I don't see why they need to be added to the ldConfig file as long as they're documented somewhere and accepted as the standard default LDraw pallette. (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Official alternative model of set 8671
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Hello, In the instructions of set 8671 (Racers - Ferrari F430 Spider 1:17) it says there are buildinginstrucions of an alternative model to be found on (URL) Alas these instructions were removed. The topic of missing or removal of official building (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dat.models.sets)
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(...) OK, here goes. When an assembly is too large to fit on the page, LPub crops the image. When one drags the assembly image to another position LPub does not redraw the image. See: (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Sorry, but I really cannot understand the need to encode dithered colors. Personally I think that only colors used for parts should be coded, while, when you create a patterned part you can choose to use a "good enough" already coded color or (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Bob Parker wrote: <snip> Even as a fan of Bionicle, I can't say I am all broken up about this. It may even be past due. Hopefpully the new action figures won't be Galidor-esque. If there is a story component, it would be (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, FTX)
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(...) It might fix it (I think it would still gum up the PT with over-zealous hold votes); but why break anything when we're just talking about adding fewer than 200 lines to the config file? I think it's a terrible idea to make dozens of (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) I have had parts on the Part Tracker held because they used one of these colors. That means it is limiting. (...) Color numbers 32-47 and 256-511 is not every color under the rainbow. (...) This is exactly the problem. (...) If this is the (...) (15 years ago, 4-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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If you haven't seen it yet. For both LEGO and Matrix fans. From Youtube User: LegoAgentJones "After around 440 hours of work, and just in time for the 10th anniversary of the original movie release, we are pleased to present to you our LEGO version (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Very Nice!!! L. Andrew Reynolds GtwLUG (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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The next installment in my Sava Railways Scenic Tours photo series: "Steam Through the Piney Woods" (URL) Image is a link. Texas State Railroad Locomotive #300 crosses a wooden trestle bridge through the Piney Woods of East Texas. --Tony (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Well, I'm interested in helping to maintain current builds for the Macintosh. We're still at 4.0.0.1. If you update the SourceForge page with the current code, I will work on that - and then my interest might be rekindled enough to delve (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac)
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(...) Hi Willy, This is not the kind of help I was asking about. I was asking if anyone was interested in helping with the software development of LPub. It is getting too large for one person to work on alone. If would seem you have issues with the (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There are already two very old ways to specify RGB colors in LDraw files. One comes from ldlite with somewhere between 12 and 15 effective bits of color information, and the other from L3Lab/L3P with 24 bits of color information. If we're (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) Of course it would - as well as it does LDView. But after adding x, y, z coordinates and correcting RGB code syntax would work fine with both LDView as well as L3Lab! 1 0x02F2F2F2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 part.dat Don't know about MLCad, but I (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Does finger pointing to bugs count? (URL) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Sorry, I don't understand what you mean. Kevin (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Neither did I but if you really cannot find a suitable color for your pattern an RGB say in the form: 1 #F2F2F2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 part.dat would surely solve your problem. And I'm going to propose this to the new elected LSC. As for the broken (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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(...) I wondered about that. I'll have to look and understand why. Man, LPub sure has gotten complicated :^) Anyone want to help? Thanks, Kevin (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hi all, Ive seen last weekend someone who showed me some brass train wheels. Verry nice done, fitting on the standard steel axle from the cars. I gave him some tips: isolate the wheels from the steel axle and use brass contacts on the (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) So many features, so few memories. The latest version of LPub (at least the Windows one), has support for mirrored sub-models. It knows about mirrored matricies (thanks to minds here that are mathematically superior to mine :^) One test model (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I never said that it was meant to limit, only that it is made up of these colors now. Please don't take this to mean that new colors can't be added, or that it invalidates other colors. We already know of at least one color that should be (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I disagree that this was the original purpose of the ldconfig file. I can say that definitively, since I was the one who first proposed the file here: (URL). The purpose was that when *new* colors were added, ldraw software tools would have a (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I have too much time to spend digging on deal sites: (URL) that's now expired. (...) That's interesting. The previous Amazon entry was actually Target's inventory (now on back order), but one this seems not to be. In the end I paid $85.87 (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) She is LEGO hot!!! A rare species hehe Nice (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.build.sculpture, FTX)
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(...) I've seen some power pickups made out of a normal train wheel covered in metal tape. But I would assume there are metal model railroad wheels out there that could be forced on to a technic axle or something similar. A bit more drag, but if it (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) This isn't the first time that LDconfig.ldr has been updated - and it is just that, the file has been updated with MORE colors than before. I think we are loosing sight of the purpose of LDconfig.ldr... The LDconfig file is meant to be a quick (...) (15 years ago, 3-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) Although I have decided to refrain from participation in this thread (you already know my position and you totally neglect it), I make one exception and say "Amen!" to all of Andy's points above. /Tore (15 years ago, 2-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I apparently have missed the discussion when it comes to certain colors are suddenly "not supported," but I'd like to register my opinion on it. It is a huge error to be calling colors in the ranges of 32-47 and 256-511 as "MLCad color codes" (...) (15 years ago, 2-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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(...) I have read in the internet about problems with intel grafic cards. Maybe this is also your problem. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 2-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad)
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