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(...) I did, but didn't restart Datheader after. It works now. Is there a good reason not to check the box by default on the first run? (...) Well... I don't think so. Imho the best way is to include the file in the zip and by default use current (...) (15 years ago, 29-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: SLTC April Show
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(...) Sounds great! Lots of pics please! Have you guys got a web page? Braith. (15 years ago, 29-Mar-10, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Retro Mr. Robot
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This was actually the first robot I built following the end of my 2nd Dim Age, but I waited a few days to post cuz I think he's the best. I'm trying to build up some momentum and get a mention on Brothers Brick. Fingers crossed!! (URL) (15 years ago, 29-Mar-10, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: Bricklink Forums, home of the 1/2 truth!
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(...) I would suggest that .off-topic.debate or .marketplace would have been better places for it. It's not a general issue IMO. Tim (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Brick Show 2010. Next step!
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We are almost done planning. We ran a couple of test runs for different building ideas, and some stuck! If you want to help plan the show, please feel free to contact me. Looking for someone to develop the website, finish some designs, print bricks, (...) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.events)
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| | Re: Bricklink Forums, home of the 1/2 truth!
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(...) So, I like to listen. Where do you think I should post on lugnet? (be nice...I know, I know nowhere) Feel free to contact me toymuseum@hotmail.com I do not hide like them! I want to debate it, and resolve it, and move on. I have many other (...) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bricklink Forums, home of the 1/2 truth!
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(...) I cannot express myself there due to being banned. Not much else I can do about it. No temper tantrum, just wanted to get my side out. If you were banned, you would be mad as well. My real temper tantrum is on (URL) is where I go off. The idea (...) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.5
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(...) Did you check the "use internal viewer" checkbox in the preferences dialog? (...) Because you have the possibility to put the list files wherever you want (please see preferences dialog). This way it is much easier for newbies. (I hope). cu (...) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.5
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One problem and one question: - The viewer window remains desperately empty, is there something special to do? - Why don't you add the primitives scale file also in the zip? Philo (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.5
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Today I have released the new version 3.0.5.0 of DATHeader. Sorry for all linux guys, it does not work under MONO. For all other it might be worth to have a look to the new features. You will find the details and a download link on (URL) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickworld - Premiere Item
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover 2010: Bricks In Space Brickworld is excited to announce that Jonathan Bender, author of "LEGO - A Love Story" will be attending Brickworld this year. (URL) In honor of this, we have made arrangements with his (...) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-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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| | SLTC April Show
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Hi girls and guys, Just a quick post for any Sydney members or people in Sydney on 24th April 2010. There is a show on at the Woodford Academy, Woodford in the Blue Mountains. I believe the times are about 10am to 4pm. The Sydney Lego Train Club (...) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: BOW, A new brick wargame
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Hi, I've just uploaded the version 1.2 of the rules. In this new version, nothing changed about the rules, but I rewrote some sentence and clarified some paragraph. I also added more pictures. The PDF of this new version contains 6 more pages but (...) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) Hello Lary. I still visit (URL) and (URL) from time to time. If you talk about "gradually fade away"... :-) Though I would still love to get my hands on a few of your "comming soon" set ideas if it happens to happen someday. Fortunately, I (...) (15 years ago, 27-Mar-10, to lugnet.fun)
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| | Re: Steambot
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(...) My first thought was Boiler, but that's a bit too obvious. So instead I suggest a much cooler name: Cauldron (15 years ago, 27-Mar-10, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Bricklink Forums, home of the 1/2 truth!
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What the hell is this petty little temper tantrum doing in General? You got banned, and it rubs you the wrong way. We get it. We get it. (15 years ago, 27-Mar-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Rechargeable NXT battery DOA?
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I ordered the rechargeable battery earlier this week and it arrived yesterday. It appears to be DOA as it does nothing when plugged in amd reads 0v with a multimeter. I am using a 9v regulator from a 9v train set which I have been told will work (...) (15 years ago, 27-Mar-10, to lugnet.robotics.nxt)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 7571 The Fight for the Dagger
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The nightmares have gotten worse. Images of a kingdom in smoking ruin, the near complete destruction of all buildings and a sinister trusted adviser. Now the visions include images of a people twisted into misshapen , mindless monsters seeking his (...) (15 years ago, 27-Mar-10, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés vendredi 26 mars 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 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** Beaune 2010, deuxième Festibriques. ** par Jac, (...) (15 years ago, 27-Mar-10, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | Re: Bricklink Forums, home of the 1/2 truth!
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I am taking my fight "to the man" Since I was banned EVERY time I opened my mouth on the bricklink forums. I am going viral now. I purchased a URL which is (URL) am not going to sell off that link (my new gift shop store is coming VERY soon). I am (...) (15 years ago, 27-Mar-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Steambot
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How about Mudvein? That brown hose sort of stands out from all the gray. David (15 years ago, 27-Mar-10, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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--snip-- (...) The Flickr group gets a bit active when I cross-post discussion threads from here to it. There are people that don't use LUGNET but do use Flickr that do like to talk about LDraw. However LUGNET is definitely the central place for it. (...) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LEGOdometer
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(...) Even with that explaination, I just can't seem to get the spacing and the gearing right between the dials. If you have the time, please, I would like a visual aid of the between walls and the between-dials gearing. When I first saw this, I (...) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Bricklink Forums, home of the 1/2 truth!
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So the 1st part of the Banned Dan website is done. Will spend some time doing spell checks. This idea was put in place when a local person was screwed by a business. That person was so mad he put up a sign accross from the business stating his case. (...) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: BOW, A new brick wargame
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(...) Thanks! Recently I had the chance to test it myself with a friend and I'm now really convinced of all the fun you can get from it. (...) Yes, this might be an idea to try. However, it may becomes more difficult to move the minifig around. (...) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) To my knowledge, this is really the only place to discuss LDraw in a manner other than 'check out my MOC in LDraw'. All, or nearly all of the developers (and hopefully future developers) are here. LUGNET also contains the searchable history of (...) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Bricklink Forums, home of the 1/2 truth!
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See Jon, you and Dan are tied at the hip. Whether you want to be or not, his meddling, in my eyes, has tarnished whatever you are trying to do. answer;Thanks, but I can read on my own. Interesting. So anytime anyone I know does anything on bricklink (...) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Bricklink Forums, home of the 1/2 truth!
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Funny, I just checked the forums again. No one bothered to answer me here. They continue to attack people in their own little part of the world. So let me address these 'people', and make it a point to address the king of the haters club. 1.) I was (...) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Zellers and TRU sales
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Zellers sale is much less exciting than the BOGO 1/2 price sale on all LEGO I was expecting this week :(. Sale from Friday March 26 until Thursday April 1st. Buy One Get One 1/2 price on all Ben 10, Atlantis, and Bionicle sets only. Not much chance (...) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | March 27th, 2010 SMART meeting
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Just a last minute reminder of tomorrow's SMART meeting, at Digipen, starting at 2pm. I'm looking forward to seeing you all there! The mini-challenge is stair-climbing. See previous messages for details. -- David Schilling (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Steambot
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I don't have a good name for this one. If you do, please let me know! (URL) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Shop @ Home Phone Specials for Wednesday, March 24, 2010 to Tuesday, March 30, 2010.
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Item # 9833 LEGO® Mindstorm Transformer 9 Volt Retail Price: $23.99 Sale Price: $4.98 Item # 4975 LEGO® Duplo Farm Retail Price: $49.99 Sale Price: $12.48 Item # 5605 LEGO® Duplo Tank Truck Retail Price: $24.49 Sale Price: $12.98 Item # 5610 LEGO® (...) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Bricklink Forums, home of the 1/2 truth!
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Howdy all. I woke up this morning to a pile of emails from people! Including one from the new store. So I can cut and paste too. So here is my response to the 1/2 truths of The Bricklink Forum. Funny, if I post this in bricklink (well I am not (...) (15 years ago, 26-Mar-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) gotta confess to some lurking, here. i'm a frequent user of ldraw and visitor to lugnet. i'm very interested to see where this discussion goes and VERY curious to know what sites are taking the place of lugnet (i 'get' the sites that have all (...) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Telio, the Robo Assistant
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Love it! And just so you know, if this happens: (...) I'm suing ; ) Good to see you about btw! God Bless, Nathan (URL) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | SR 3D Builder 0.5.0.1 released
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Hi again, I apologize for continue new messages, but I had to quick release the new version of the application in order to fix a huge bug preventing about 200 or more parts from being displayed in the toolbox. So here we are with version 0.5.0.1. (...) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 4x2ReVu: 7079 Drawbridge Defence
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....REWRITE / FORMATTING.... !!! 4x2ReVu Stats !!! Rating: Six out of eight studs. Thumbs up for: Good structure, great model and assortment of figures makes for an excellent standalone set. Thumbs down on: I don't like the price (even considering (...) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.reviews, FTX)
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| | Telio, the Robo Assistant
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Purchase your Robo-Assistant Today! Using the wheel technology from that people moving thingee that mall cops and CEOs drive around and combining it with cutting edge Artificial Intelligence and face recognition, the Robo-Assistant is absolutely (...) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Does LDD's LDraw importer actually work?
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(...) <steps to use LDD to import under Winders> (...) I can do it. ;-) I got to meet the architect for LDD at Brickcon. Consider it done. :) -- joshuaD (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Does LDD's LDraw importer actually work?
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(...) Thanks Joshua. This is what I wanted to hear. I figured out what the problem is. The Mac version of LDD expects imported LDraw files to have Unix line endings (LF), and silently fails if the line endings are in another format. Ironically, it (...) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: New Robot: V. I. Rooster
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(...) Let's go with option #3 since it sounds the coolest. ;-) David (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | NMRA NTS Show Planning - Milwaukee, July 2010
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As seen on the (URL) RAILBRICKS blog>: "I'd like to invite you to the NMRA NTS mail list. We've migrated to this new mail list service due to troubles with the original ILTCO list. Jeramy Spurgeon was kind enough to host this email thru the (...) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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Wow. It's been a while since a thread here broke the 100 dot limit I think... ROSCO (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Michiana-LTC to display at St. Joseph Valley Railroad Club Swap Meet - Sunday, March 21st, 2010
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To All, Here some pictures from our show, enjoy! Flickr: (URL) Brickshelf: (URL) Scott Sanburn President, Michiana-LUG / LTC (URL) (15 years ago, 25-Mar-10, to lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug)
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| | Re: New Robot: V. I. Rooster
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Hey cool, I like the 4 parts that make the spine. Good to see you post again. Peace. Eric Sophie Legomaster Biomechanical Bricks (15 years ago, 24-Mar-10, to lugnet.space)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) Lugnet would need to be simpler... It can't compete with modern social networks and user friendly picture-hosting websites. Basically, that would imply A LOT of work while keeping everything free... (15 years ago, 24-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: New Robot: V. I. Rooster
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(...) Would you believe that I ran out of the parts used in the non-orange leg and fudged it? Or perhaps it is a leg warmer? Or maybe it is corrosion from being left out too long? Maybe some leaked turbo-fuel crystalized along the leg, stopped the (...) (15 years ago, 24-Mar-10, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: New Robot: V. I. Rooster
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What's the significance of the orange in the 1 leg? David (15 years ago, 24-Mar-10, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | New Robot: V. I. Rooster
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Where does one post LEGO creations anymore? Well, I'm trying here! A new robot that I named V. I. Rooster cuz he has a red thing on his head. (URL) BTW, if you found the flickr pic via Lugnet, leave a comment telling me! Let's bring the Lug' BACK! (15 years ago, 24-Mar-10, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) Linked from leocad.org: (URL) (15 years ago, 24-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: US thieves sentenced after boasting on TV show
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(...) Swanberg only got 13 months, back in 2006. Surely he's back out of the Big House. This story made me think more about the Pilchers, personally... (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) I've been using LDraw for about 8 months now (as a very casual user), and it's taken quite a while to get into it. I'm mainly using MLCAD to create/edit models and using POV-Ray to render stuff. Here's my take on it... I think the key thing is (...) (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) I had no idea LeoCAD was that feature-rich. Looking closer, I see LeoCAD is hosted on google code, which implies it's an open source project. But I can't find any code anywhere... is LeoCAD open-source? Remi (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) No, this is definitely not true. LeoCAD is AFAIK at least as powerful as MLCad. BlockCAD is the most limited of the pack, but also the easiest to use. When I google for "lego cad" I get: LDraw LeoCAD techbricks' link page containing links to (...) (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Crypt - 7079 Drawbridge Defence alternate model [DAT]
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thanks, as always, to developers and maintainers of ldraw!! 0 Crypt - 7079 Drawbridge Defence alternate model 0 may include unofficial parts 0 WRITE Author: Joseph Gonzalez (c) 2010 0 Unofficial Model 0 ROTATION CENTER 0 0 0 1 "Custom" 0 ROTATION (...) (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | 4x2ReVu: 7079 Drawbridge Defence
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With quivering hand the figure grabs at the scorched and blackened ulna and continues scratching out the summoning hexagram into the cool, hard ground. Initially startled by the seeming shift of shadows and sudden change in room atmosphere, he (...) (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: US thieves sentenced after boasting on TV show
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(...) Maybe he'll get to share a cell with William Swanberg... (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | [FreeLUG : French Enthusiast LEGO(c) User Group] Les nouveautés lundi 22 mars 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 jours. Nouveaux articles ---...--- ** 7684 - La porcherie et le tracteur ** par Manu (...) (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.org.fr.freelug)
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| | US thieves sentenced after boasting on TV show
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US thieves sentenced after boasting on TV show March 22, 2010 A US couple who boasted on a TV show they made as much as $3,500 (£2,318) a week by selling shoplifted toys online have been sentenced to prison terms. Matthew Eaton, 34, got 27 months in (...) (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) The ones I typically visit (ClassicSpace.com, CrownVic.net, and etc.) all visually show threads with new responses in another color. Some even show you how many new replies there have been since I last visited. It's easy to see what to click (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) Have you ever tried it ??????? Philo (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) Yes, I agree! New generations looks at what I call 'vapor-ware'! The look is the most important think they watch. When I recreate my website, changing the look but not the contents, I got a 10-20% increased access. On the other side, the (...) (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Chat Room?
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(...) Well, at least I'm not against giving it a try. /Tore (15 years ago, 23-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Chat Room?
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(...) Well yes, but it's not open source nor "free software" in the GNU sense. (...) I don't know has it ever died but I myself have seen newbies come and go on #kvirc on freenode. It is around, that's for sure. (...) I checked the freenode policies (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Chat Room?
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(...) As a data point, IRC is used extensively for helping out with WikiMedia Foundation related stuff. A fair bit of the traffic in some IRC channels is bot traffic (some bots posting changes, other bots examining the changes and reverting (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw Chat Room?
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(...) It still exists, believe it or not (being actively using it "ever since"). But... my perception is that it's mostly the "same old" users keeping it alive, and a few occasional new ones dropping in. There are 72708 currently active clients on (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw Chat Room?
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(...) Yes, didn't I? Almost twice as long as your post... ;) (...) Isn't MLCad freeware? I didn't know that. But then again, I'm not an MLCad user. I don't know about a dedicated LDraw chat. Would it really be populated? There's nothing that stops (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Does LDD's LDraw importer actually work?
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(...) FWIW, 1) I run LEGO Digital Designer 3.0.11 under Windows 7 2) I chose Creator Freebuild (shouldn't matter with this test) 3) I executed menu: File | Import 4) Picked exported.dat off my desktop (how I saved this text, using notepad) (note (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | Re: Does LDD's LDraw importer actually work?
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--snip-- (...) Well it's definitely not overlap then. I assume that both coloured 1x1s exist too... Did you try removing the superfluous fractional digits? I'm relying on hunches here and don't have LDD installed but I do remember weird problems to (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote a big lengthy post. Maybe we could have a chat channel for LDraw? I myself would suggest of creating an IRC channel for users to sit, ask help for and just chat in. As LDraw itself is free software (even though (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Does LDD's LDraw importer actually work?
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(...) This is the file that LDD exported: 0 exported 0 Author: LEGO Digital Designer 3.0 1 71 -190 -24 -190.0000152587890625 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3005.dat 1 14 170 -24 210.0000152587890625 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3005.dat The two bricks are about 20 studs (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) First, let me make it clear that I am not a supporter of this policy (the fact that I have to write "policy" makes me feel a tad ill, to be honest). I was reporting, not defending. You quoted the most relevant portion of what I wrote. "The (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Does LDD's LDraw importer actually work?
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(...) I've never had it properly confirmed but I'm fairly certain the problem with import is that the overlap detection is way too overzealous. Which means that when you read in a file it decides the parts conflict and can't be there. It's (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) How widespread a problem is that, though? I know that some parts do indeed have two numbers, but this would seem a glitch that should have been resolved eight or more years ago, no? I mean, when you can turn a brick over and say "Yep, it's a (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Does LDD's LDraw importer actually work?
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I recently had a Bricksmith user write asking for help importing an LDraw file into LDD. (He was using LDraw because LDD made it very difficult to build his model.) But when he attempts to import the LDraw file, he sees at most the first brick of (...) (15 years ago, 22-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.ldd, FTX)
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| | Re: Developing LDBoxer Again
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(...) Thanks, Tim! Along with a couple of bug fixes, support for the two other categories is now implemented. Right now, I'm creating the studless parts for the \B folder. Without them, LDBoxer would still not be able to boxer them. /Tore (15 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Developing LDBoxer Again
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(...) --snip-- (...) This sounds like an excellent development. I had to hand alter some of my Boxer'd MOCs to get the bottom detailing back in. And I think I forgot some. Tim (15 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) That's a really good explanation of why the 'rules and regulations' have grown alongside the part library and software. Tim (15 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) I wanted to make sure people weren't turned away from LeoCAD because they might think they'd be dependent on third parties to provide a parts library, that's just not true, so people SHOULD check it out. It's certainly my LCAD tool of choice (...) (15 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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Hi guys, Just thought I would announce the release of BrickHelper v1.1. This is my utility program that lets you list the parts inventory of creations made in LDD, and export that inventory to a Bricklink wanted list, which you can then upload to (...) (15 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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(...) Nod. But if the people responsible for LUGNET don't want it to gradually fade away and become even less relevant, changes are needed. Without them, other sections won't return either. I note that there's a facebook discussion group started on (...) (15 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I've played around a little with my old LDBoxer program. The new version auto-boxes a lot more safe-to-box parts than previous versions. Added support for parts without studs and parts without bottom details (URL) Replace button is made (...) (15 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yes that is correct, but importing the files is not using them directly, as most other LDraw programs do. And for folks that have multiple parts folders, that can make a big difference. ROSCO (15 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) LeoCAD directly imports LDRAW parts. There's no need to wait for an update of its database. It is as simple as downloading from the parts tracker, and then importing into LeoCAD itself. Some folks don't like to manage parts at that level, but (...) (15 years ago, 21-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Welcome back. My issue with that is that it's out of the hands of LDraw. It's hard to expect the people responsible for LUGNET to make big changes when it's pretty much just one small section that is active. Tim (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Dave Schuler wrote: --snip-- (...) I think I see a bit better what you were getting at (and what Tore is getting at too which is the same issue I think). I kind of do agree with you both that making new parts is too hard due in part (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Actually, there has been an 'entry tool' around since 1998 - BlockCAD (www.blockcad.net). While it's using part definitions of its own, and has a lot of limitations (studs up only, fixed rotation of parts, no Technic) you can save models in (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Thank you Orion. I've finally found the presentation I made some time ago and if you're interested you can download it here: (URL) in Spanish, but that should not be a problem. Any suggestions/addition...provements are welcome. Jetro (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) There is also LeoCAD, which has some great features MLCad doesn't have. It sufferes from not being able to use the official parts library (directly), but it's database is regularly updated. And as a bonus it's available for Linux too. I'm (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | (Re)activating Lugnet? (Was: The future of LDraw?)
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(...) I must admit that I didn't know that it isn't possible to get a membership on Lugnet anymore. That's not good. (...) Luckily I keep plenty of backups - also of mission-critical cookies. (...) Yes. What will it take to allow people to get (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Dave, Thanks for your thoughtful input. I might be one of the causes of the bureaucracy you are referring to (in follow on posts). When I started to write LDraw tools back in late 1999, I turned to lugnet's LDraw forum to ask for guidance. (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Rumors of my disassembly have been greatly exaggerated. (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.fun)
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(...) For the Non-CA parts it should be clear that for legal reasons there has to be another author mentioned. That's why it is handled there in this way. For normal parts it is much more difficult. From what point on it is made from the scratch? - (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I think you are completely right here! I have done some starts in part authoring, but given up on 'the real thing' as there are no easy parts left to do. Of course this makes it much harder for a budding part author. The quality which is (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Holy moley! Do you still exist?!? (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Or perhaps LUGNET just needs some changes... identify the problem areas and fix them. (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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In lugnet.cad, Tore Eriksson wrote: ***snip*** I'd like to mention at this point that Tore Eriksson is personally responsible for my first forays into apocryphal parts-authoring. I found his small handful of Tyco-based half-height elements, and I (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Well, I singled out the header-code not as the problem in itself but as symptomatic of a shift that's taken place over a period of years. I don't know how else to say it without sounding petty, and I'm absolutely not singling out any one (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It is an issue IMO. Probably a small one compared to other ones, but it's the sum of real or subjective obstacles that makes me worried about recruiting new LDraw authors. What I believe is the biggest issue is nobody's fault: All the easy, (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: The future of LDraw?
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(...) Possibly so but I'm of the opinion that those that make and share the parts are entitled to some narcissism. And I speak having done minimal part authoring in quite some time (due to laziness) so it's not self-interest at work. --snip-- Your (...) (15 years ago, 20-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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