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(...) You know, it occurs to me that if MPD's were allowed as parts, it would be a GREAT place to put a texture file (properly hex encoded, no doubt). They're almost always single-part-only. And if one wanted better textures than "come standard?" (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, I know what's available at the low end of OpenGl. That's where I live. I was just trying to keep up the curmudgeonly atmosphere of this place with the whipper-snapper comment. Did I do it wrong? Oh well, at least there's still that gloss (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Absolutely. I wasn't advocating sticking 'public' subparts into the part's MPD. Just to be clear. Steve (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) I've been surprised by some of this discussion of dithered colors, because when Foundry was created (not by me), it was done as a "clean room" project, based entirely off of specs, so it's the closest thing out there to a reference parser, and (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I like your thinking! :) But Shader Language programming is really more along the lines of what we'll need for the next step I'd like to see: gloss maps. Those will allow shiny paint on torsos (for instance) to shine in the light, making gold, (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Don Heyse wrote:> Well, since the stippling pattern is just an artifact of the printing (...) Interesting. Not the response I was expecting. :) Back when I was building the first gradient example for the texture (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Yeah, I checked it out the first time it was mentioned. I even poked around in the LDView CVS archives for a few minutes looking for hints of the magic syntax before the Walled Garden stuff got posted. Looks very promising! I guess I'm finally (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Well, since the stippling pattern is just an artifact of the printing process, I'd say it's foolish to reproduce it. Some of the dots on the newer stippled gradients are so tiny I can't even see them without a huge magnifier (or maybe I just (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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First of all, let me say that while my previous post probably implied that I'm against allowing MPDs as parts, I am in fact still open to the possibility. I'm just not sure I'm completely convinced by the arguments given so far. (...) The only place (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) No one in his right mind would do this baseplate without using texture mapping. OK, Philo would, but I question that he's right in the head on a regular basis. :) Even so, the question would be, should one duplicate the nature of the stippling (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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As has been mentioned already in this thread, there is an ongoing effort to add support for texture maps to the LDraw format via meta commands. What hasn't been mentioned is that the current LSC is basically in favor of ratifying support for (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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And again, I forgot to include a bit. And second-posting about something very cool! Don, Be sure to take a look at Joshua's texture mapping primer/exposition on Facebook: (URL) good stuff, and could have very good benefits to LDraw. Steve (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) ... is it hijacking to put a thread back on topic? (even if the title is changed, it's still the same thread, right?) ... (...) Which is exactly why I brought up texture mapping. Solving gradients with texture mapping makes a lot of sense, for (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) It sounds like you already discovered the root cause of this, but just in case you haven't, MFC's CDC::TabbedTextOut() always crashes in Print Preview mode in Visual Studio 2005 Service Pack 1. --Travis (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hey, good point. Since we're on the topic of crater plates, I'd like to use this part (URL) to hijack this thread and make an observation about part colors. As you can probably see from the picture, the shark crater plate uses a printed (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Defining LED Colors in LDConfig?
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I've been thinking about that talk of limiting the colour definitions in LDConfig.ldr to part colours with a few expectations, and I agree with that. But I wish to throw in an idea that I don't even believe in myself but yet want to air. Is it (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Sure, doing the right thing in terms of putting the code in the most advantageous location is always worth the effort. (...) Hey, it's all about namespace management, right? As a parts author, I avoid using subfiles unless there is a fairly (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) There seems to be support for RGB and also for "Dithered" colour out there. The problem that we always faced are caused by applications that do not follow our ideas and so we go limiting our aims. I feel we should stop doing in that way (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Time for a cadfight! :) /Tore (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) How about just "use the 'dithered' range but apply LDConfig on top of them, overriding any colour that gets in the way"? -Santeri (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) DOH! I forgot to include -- Part of the reason I think RGB colors are not the way to go is because they don't solve the real problem -- there are a good number of patterns that can't realistically be modeled in LDraw. Anything with gradients, (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Steve, our opposing positions on RGBs are known. What I seek in this very moment is your position on the second question in this post: (URL) "No password, not a single CA-header edit on your agenda nor a library update since ... was it 2004 or (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I can confirm that. While the LSC may have dithered over the spec, we certainly didn't drop "dither" intentionally. (Mind you, given the number of referenced specs we had to ratify first before we could get onto "the biggie", I'm surprised we (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Not sure where you're going with that. I think adding RGB colors to official parts would not be a net improvement to the parts library system. It has nothing to do with backwards compatibility or conservatism. Steve (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I think Travis' wording may be confusing. Don't use "the old dither algorithm". MLCad 3.30 draws colors 256-511 as *solid* colors. That's better than using the stippling algorithm from previous MLCad versions. (No new/current software stipples (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Joshua, got a link for you: (URL) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Of course, I mean the blending, not the dithering... (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Hmm. "You may think this is easy, but wait 'til I've explained it to you!" (One of my father's favourite standard joke.) I don't know how much difference it will make, but current standard colors are much better than the 16 original LDraw (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Your passive-aggressive whining wears thin, Willy. Your chief target laughs it off, but you keep at it. What little sense of community there might be is not helped by this behavior or attitude. This approach says a lot more about you (and (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Hi, sorry to say, but I just found a bug in MLCad which is caused by the actual compiler I'm using. When you start printing preview in MLCad it is crashing when part lists are printed. I'm working on that .... Michael (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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"Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVEgmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:Kxn3yE.p2D@lugnet.com... (...) So I will take over parts of the build in color table in the range of 256 to 511. During this step the programm will convert these dittered colors (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I apologize for dreaming out loud. For a sec I've forgotten that we are a conservative community - at least some of us. (...) No password, not a single CA-header edit on your agenda nor a library update since ... was it 2004 or 2005? Steve, (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) As it happens, the LSC has been dealing with this very issue for the past few months. There is no mention made of dither colors in any of the current LDraw specs (including the official parts restrictions). They somehow got dropped (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) I can see that, although a great deal of care would need to be taken to make sure that the MPD sub-files had no chance of being useful in another part. (...) I can definitely see that. (...) I totally disagree with this as an argument for (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) I was about to write the same thing, but you beat me. I think it's a great idea! I can think of two potential problems: 1. Programs that create seams between parts but not models. (Are there any more than L3P?) Depending on how they are (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I think eliminating part-specific subfiles would be a nice file-management benefit, if nothing else. I expect that reducing the number of part-specific subfiles would speed up the part-approval process, always a good thing. The most important (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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Hello Don, (...) I thought the LDraw group doesn't allow any other colors than the standard ones? Even so I was in the assumption that I didn't create any special colors, but I toulk them over from some old spec where these colors where mentioned. I (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Err, what? No, don't mix color codes and RGBs in official parts! This isn't an issue of backwards compatibility. It's an issue of adding complexity where it isn't needed (IMO, of course). (...) Ha! I'd have to get it back from Chris... Steve (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Hello Michael, thanks for the tip. With the new build Willy created everything works fine without editing the registry. I just put the dll to the directory and it worked. Thanks very much again Marco (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) HURRAY! And in one go we are also gonna drop dithered colors in favour of RGBs. We'll have textures, the LSC is finally shaping the LCD - LDraw Connection Database (URL) and yourself are going to help getting LDView working as PT rendering (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Shop @ Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, February 10, 2010, to Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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Item # 5612 LEGO® Police Officer Retail Price: $3.49 Sale Price: $1.98 Item # 6191 Fire fighter building set Retail Price: $9.99 Sale Price: $4.98 Item # 6194 LEGO® My LEGO® Town Retail Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $19.98 Item # 5612 LEGO® Thunder (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) By the definitions of that article, *LUGNET* is a walled garden. <blank stare> I have put up a step-by-step showing example source LDR/image files. I did it on Facebook, because it took me almost no time to do. I'd either have had to set up my (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) This is the first time I've heard this mentioned. Can someone tell me why this would be useful? I'm certainly open to the possibility, but only if it provides a concrete benefit, and I'm not having any luck coming up with what that benefit (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) I don't know why you need this, but I just did a test with LDView and it works. You can call an mpd file from within a part and the first model in the mpd file is shown together with the other content of the part file. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I know. It's heresy! But if there are enough good reasons to make that leap, it might be worth it. Steve (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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"Willy Tschager" <willy.tschager@tin.it> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:KxLGFx.5HL@lugnet.com... (...) Hello. OK. That works fine now. Regards Bernd (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Considering the conservative spirit that rules this community, where it is preferred to have no-progress over breaking backwards compatibility an where standards set in LDraw 0.27 should be possibly kept for eternity, such ideas have to be (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Me neither. Nothing on Facebook is "out in the open", since it is a (URL) walled garden>. Jim (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) I've been thinking about that as well. But I'm for now a bit of against such due to the amount of work it'd take and the smallness of the pros in compared to such. But I may be convinced otherwise fairly easily. -Santeri (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Considering the general pace we've alway had with LDraw.org, "sooner than expected" would be impressive. ;) (...) Actually, I'm not sure I've ever seen example source LDR/image files, or even a definition of the syntax. (...) True. But now (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés mardi 9 février 2010
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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 ---...--- ** La gare de Fay-aux-Loges, partie 2 ** par Jac le 9 (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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(...) Michael (and anyone else), if you've got a Facebook account, you can see quite a few examples of the texture mapping work that I created while working out the syntax and getting working viewers going. Just send me a facebook invite ("Joshua (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | 2010/2011 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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Per the LDraw.org Bylaws at (URL) Subsection 6.03(a), the 2009/2010 Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to nominate individuals as candidates for the 2010/2011 Steering Committee[1]. Please post nominations in response to this message. (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | 2010 Brickworld Theme
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover After much deliberation, the Brickworld Team is excited to announce that the theme for this year's event is: 2010: Bricks In Space So, let's all try to work something "spacey" into our displays somewhere in (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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(...) I stand corrected. However, forcing the user to choose between LDConfig.ldr support and dither color support pretty much makes dither colors useless in MLCad 3.3 for a vast majority of users. (...) That was my original opinion. However, all (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) In lugnet.cad.dat.parts, Travis Cobbs wrote: (...) Since the proof-of-concept work for texture mapping took place "out in the open" on Facebook, Steve is aware of what's been done so far. I think the real "dream" here is having it widely (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) That is not complete correct. If MLCad does not find a LDConfig.ldr then you have your old colours back, including the dithered range! I feel with the majority of the votes in this thread. Allow "Dithered" colours and looking forward for (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) I noticed that when I remove LDConfig.ldr the old dithered colors are available, but no longer dithered. They're now solid colors. That's a big improvement! It makes the 256-511 rance of colors much nicer for printed patterns. (Dithered colors (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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(...) I rebuild a new version and also added the missing "Find...", "Find Again" to the "Edit2 menu. Please check. w. (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 *** [DAT]
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(...) Philo beat me to it but here's mine anyway: 1 4 0 0 -5 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 4-4disc.dat 1 2 0 0 -10 4 0 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 4-4disc.dat 1 14 0 0 -15 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 -1 0 4-4disc.dat -Santeri (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Unfortunately, MLCad 3.3's complete removal of support for dither colors (which incidentally breaks it for a number of existing official parts) makes this option less tenable. It's a bit ironic that most of the people speaking up in favor of (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 *** [DAT]
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Hi Michael, (...) I just stumbled on the same problem. This single line is enough to show the problem (Impossible to change the transformation matrix): 1 1 0 0 -25 38 0 0 0 0 -38 0 1 0 48\4-4edge.dat Philo (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Hello Santeri, (...) Could you please save your file in such a case and send it to me for reproduction and testing? That would be of great help! Thanks for reporting! Best regards, Michael (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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"Bernd Broich" <bernd.broich@online.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:KxL26J.Bsw@lugnet.com... (...) Hi, this is realy strange. I've got the version from Willy in advance and it worked. Now I've also downloaded the version from Willys web and that (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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Hello Michael (...) I'm currently looking into that. (...) ? I cannot understand. There is no such range, MLCad takes that what comes from LDConfig nothing more, nothing less. Dithered colors originally have been according to the original definition (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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Hello Michael, I just want to thank you for the constant work you're doing to develop and upgrade this tremendous tool! Regards (URL) Marco> (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) So, to expand a little on my earlier comments -- I think it would be reasonable, for now, to allow dithered colors1 in pattern/sticker parts and disallow RGB codes, with the thought that work would go forward on defining a texture mapping (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | A Brick Too Far USA reopens on BrickLink
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Well, it's time to reopen my store after a 5 year hiatus. I hope that you'll stop by and take a look: (URL) A Brick Too Far USA> I'll be adding more parts and sets over the next couple of months as I verify this, that and the other thing. I am only (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.market.brickshops, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I heartfully agree !!! Philo (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Multiple Rare NIB Sets on eBay (Technic Shuttle, Maersk Truck, etc.)
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(...) Sorry, meant to say that most of them have reserves to keep the Buy-it-Now option available for longer, but bidding does start at $0.01. (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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(...) I would go for this option. I'm not a fan of allowing RGB values in official part files, I'd rather keep it to color codes. However, if there could be a standard for texture mapping patterns & stickers (and parts made by mixing multiple colors (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) I hadn't thought about this, but I kinda like the idea. The original LDRAW defined values for all color codes, and some of the newer codes were assigned because they are a variation/change from existing colors. The downside of this idea is (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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"Marco Tagliaferri" <mtagl@web.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:KxKBDq.o9F@lugnet.com... (...) Hallo Willy, Marco, ich habe das gleiche Problem mit der deutschen DLL. Gruß Bernd (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: BBC Tech Know: The dreams that bricks are made of
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(...) Very nice! I especially like the LDraw bits, good stuff from Chris Dee. (...) Be sure to watch the video -- there's a neat bit at the end about how they used LEGO for a conceptual model of the Falkirk Wheel, not included in the text. Steve (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: "Dither" colors in patterned/sticker parts
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Hello, "Travis Cobbs" <tcobbs@REMOVEgmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:KxEAq2.86J@lugnet.com... (...) I used dithered colors in the "Flag 2x2 with Goblets and Grapes" (2335p40). So in this case no other color would match the silver or gold color (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Multiple Rare NIB Sets on eBay (Technic Shuttle, Maersk Truck, etc.)
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I have just listed eleven unopened, new in box sets on eBay. Bidding starts at only $0.01 and all but one has a reserve. Please take a look, feel free to contact me if you have any questions, and bid generously. :-) I will combine shipping charges (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.market.auction, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR / BUFEXCHG issue
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(...) Not yet, although I've seen you can do it. Trying to get the basic instructions and BOM made, then I'll look at all the wizzy extras (like cover pages) LPub 4 is very productive - (URL) - not bad seeing as I only started the layouts last Wed (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi folks, I upgraded the French language add-on for MLCad version 3.30. You'll find the .zip-files along with a tutorial for how to change the language interface here: (URL) Regards. Marc Klein (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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Posted on BBC website on Thursday, 4 February 2010. Tech Know: The dreams that bricks are made of Look at a LEGO brick and what do you see? A studded, brightly coloured block. Perhaps you remember them from your childhood. Perhaps that brick was (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, FTX)
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LEGO® Signs 3-Year Deal With Unity Technologies Unity Technologies announced today that it had signed a three-year deal with the LEGO Group, according to which the plastic brick company will standardize on Unity-authored materials for 3D content on (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.games, FTX)
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| | Re: Will LEGO® launch a Battle Over name dispute (NXT) ?
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(...) Actually it depends on what classes of trademark LEGO registered NXT in (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4: Submodels in parts list?
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(...) Great! Thanks, Kevin! Longing for the next release... Philo (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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(...) Hello Willy, (...) thanks for that fast update! (...) The german dll seems also quite short (380kB) wheras the italkian one has more than 700kB. Could you please check... Regards Marco (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Given LEGO probably has competent lawyers it should be a pretty quick case: Judge: Please proceed. LEGO Lawyer: Thank you your honour. Here is our trademark registration and our documented use of the trademark. WWE Lawyer: Ummmmmmm, your (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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The World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) (NYSE: WWE), a publicly-traded, privately-controlled professional wrestling company will soon launch a new Brand Extension, called... NXT: (URL) It is interesting to note that prior to 2000, the WWE was (...) (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.0.4 BOM issue with BUFEXCHG
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(...) 0 !LPUB PLI BEGIN SUB 3021.DAT 1 This one was broken too. Kevin (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Endor Bunker
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(...) Not only is this one of your better dioramas, I'm glad to see that the quality of your photos has improved, too! (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR / BUFEXCHG issue
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(...) Amen to that! (...) Yeah, LPub 4 is a bit different that LPub 2. It can be a lot more fun. Did you try resizing PLIs or BOMs? You can do it with the mouse. Kevin (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4: Submodels in parts list?
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(...) <snip> (...) I have found and fixed this one too. (...) Kevin (15 years ago, 9-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) That's something that has been around in the last version too. (...) I have another bug... in some cases I cannot manipulate the rotation matrix because the angle value in the vector field (which I never saw much use of anyhow) is something (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) This is excellent news Michael! Thank you so much for all of your hard work. We couldn't ask for anything more, especially since you do this for free! I hope that you know how much the entire community appreciates your effort! Many thanks, (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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(...) Now that I have installed MLCad and read all informations I hope we can get an update soon. I have two reason: 1) Implementation of language support is different to what we have implemented. 2) I miss the "dithered" colours. Not the dithered (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) Thank you very much for updating MLCad to support LDConfig.ldr. I hope that this will not be the last update to this wonderful application. Now I have to see how it works. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR / BUFEXCHG issue
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(...) Pleasure. (I write software for a living and keep threatening to change the "on-hold music" to "If *you* can't replicate it, *I* can't fix it!") LPub 4 with LDView 4.1 has made making instructions fun again - from MLCad design/build suitable (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You just ground my yawn to a halt. LDConfig support is something I've been wanting for a *very* long time. Now I can define my own background colour by using the unused colour 31. :P Love it. -Santeri (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LPub 4.0.0.4 CLEAR / BUFEXCHG issue
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(...) <snip> Hi William, Once again, thanks for the simple example in the form of LDraw file. I have this one fixed. Kevin (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) BTW, this really deserves being posted on lugnet.announce as well!! (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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(...) I would like to contribute to getting the Spanish language pack ready for MLCad 3.30. Please let me know how I can do this. Also, the search function doesn't work in any of the 3.20 language packs. Has that problem been fixed in 3.3? Regards, (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: *** MLCad V3.30 ***
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(...) Thank you for this long awaited release! Now let's spread the word! Jetro (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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Hi folks, I upgraded the German and Italian language add-on for MLCad. Both add-ons are now fit for version 3.30. You'll find the .zip-files along with a tutorial for how to change the language interface at: German - (URL) - (URL) w. (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad) !
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