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(...) You missed MLCad :) Added on: 30-Aug-2003 Downloads: 22479 Rating: 9.2 (11 Votes) ROSCO (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Straightening Up the MPD Format
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(...) Then the problem is at MPDCenter. 0 Name is a very good and recommended habit, but not currently required. But I have thought of using 0 Name to solve this problem. When exploding an MPD, the user may be prompted to either use the unique 0 (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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Here is a list of programs I've found for PC (Win/DOS only) to handle/create/manipulate MPD files. (I have omitted all those viewers that just support reading MPD files at this stage.) * Which ones have I forgot? * Which one do you prefer/recommend, (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Long Lost Rover
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(...) LOL! Love it! The expressions on the finders fits just perfectly. (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | Re: Straightening Up the MPF Format
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(...) [snip] (...) Related although not the same. I like to use MPDWizard to make sure all part files I use are available in the same version I used (in case any unofficial parts are used) but this has the rather nasty side-effect that these part (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) You might want to consider offering Philo's subdirectory approach as an alternative to name mangling. Model1.ldr Model1\File1.ldr Model1\File2.ldr Model2.ldr Model2\File1.ldr Model2\File2.ldr Will be combined into Model3.ldr Model1\File1.ldr (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) O NAME is not required for ordinary ldraw files, only official library parts. The only Meta command needed to assemble an mpd file is 0 FILE, so the mpd file from LeoCAD is fine as is. Don (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Straightening Up the MPD Format [DAT]
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(...) No, current version doesn't support mpd (next one will). But compositing files were coming from LeoCAD. (...) Here below a sample MPD created with upcoming LeoCAD version. Please make comments here, I'll tell Leonardo. Philo 0 FILE Main_model (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I just tried your kd-bi.mpd that you have exported from LeoCad. Is that pure export? I am asking because those "embedded" files lacks an important line "0 Name: xyz". And for that MPDCenter does not recognize that files. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) At the very least it works in MLCAD. I frequently use this to keep parts and subparts in the same file while authoring (87751.dat and s\87751.dat within an MPD file for instance). -Santeri (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Please see here for the search strategie for referenced files: (URL) present your problem can only be solved by hand to give all files in the MPD file a unique name. I do not know any app so far that will assist you in that. So far I do not (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I have been faced with this problem some time ago at my application MPDCenter. I had nearly the same idea but I decided to use "&&" to combine the files that should be in the same file because I do not expect any filename to contain "&&". (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Microscale trains by LDD
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Hey, After almost 6 years hiatus, here’s my second post to this newsgroup. I downloaded Lego Company’s LDD-software and found out that it’s quite nice one to make microscale train models. Finally I made quite many trains. I felt that building with (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.trains)
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(...) I am not sure this is really necessary. The two "door.ldr" model must reside in different folders, so if you encode relative path in file name it should work (not tested with current tools though...) Philo (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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Maybe it's time to straighten up the MPD standard. In (URL) it says: "So far, there are no clear scoping or namespace rules on MPD files. If you put a file named stud.dat in your MPD file, don't be surprised to see your stud.dat file appear on the (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw.org colour restrictions and specifications ratified
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Hi folks, The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has just unanimously ratified changes to official colour restrictions and specifications. This means, that: Direct colours, i.e. 0x02RRGGBB colour values, are now officially recognized. Blended colours, (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Re: Ellicott Complex to officially be renamed LegoLand
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(...) LOL interesting timeline.... ROSCO (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: Hispabrick Magazine 007
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(...) MegaUpload took some time before it made the file available. It can be downloaded now. Thank you for the feedback, please keep it coming. Jetro (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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(...) The full english version downloaded for me, FWIW. -- joshuaD (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Long Lost Rover
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Hi. I haven't posted anything here in...wow, looks like it's been five years: (URL) Anyway, here's my latest, a kind of sequel to (URL) 886-1>: (2 URLs) (More on MOCpages.)> Enjoy! (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.space, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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(...) the magazine is a beauty as they always are. my favorite article is the one on superhero sets. i'm sure you're aware of the download problem with the full english version. the english preview gave me enough to whet my appetite. i'll be back in (...) (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Hispabrick Magazine 007
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It has been brought to my attention that the link I gave is broken. It should be (URL) Jetro (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickworld - Build On The Spot Challenge
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(...) Yeah, I'm in too... John (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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| | Re: LDForge - dev. plans and call for help
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(...) If you want a visual example on stipple, look at my LD4DStudio, it uses it for transparent stuff. In combination with depth buffer you don't need to sort anything just push the triangles and/or quad cords using glDrawElements and optionally (...) (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Re: LDForge - dev. plans
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(...) Ah, thank you Travis! I got depth buffering working now. :) No more problems with polygon sorting.. -Santeri (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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| | Hispabrick Magazine 007
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(URL) It's that time again:we are happy to announce the release of Hispabrick Magazine 007 In this issue you will find some great articles about Technic, part 6 of an ongoing series of MINDSTORMS related articles, an interview with Michael Lachman, (...) (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | Re: LDForge - dev. plans and call for help
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(...) Perfectly OK! now I wonder what could be a correct user interface for that... Philo (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Sean Kenney LCP "Creatures of Habitat" at Philadelphia Zoo
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If you are planning to visit Philadelphia, PA. area. Starting April 10, 2010 the Philadelphia Zoo invites you to enter an extraordinary world of life-size toy brick animals with the debut of "Creatures of Habitat: A Gazillion-Piece Animal (...) (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, lugnet.events, FTX)
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| | Nathan Sawaya (Brick Artist) on MSNBC
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Nathan Sawaya LCP (LEGO Certified Professionals) was on MSNBC few days ago. (URL) MSNBC> Video: 3:31 Nathan Sawaya website: (URL) Brickartist> Enjoy! -end report- (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.people, FTX)
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Ellicott Complex to officially be renamed LegoLand By Rhoda Tickell Staff Writer Published: Thursday, April 1, 2010 Updated: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 The Ellicott Complex’s long-time nickname, LegoLand, will soon become a reality. Beginning in the (...) (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: LDForge - dev. plans and call for help
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(...) In order for GL_DEPTH_TEST to work, you have to clear the depth buffer at the same time you clear the rest of the screen: glClearDepth(1.0); glClearColor(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0); glClear(GLCOLORBUFFERBIT GLDEPTHBUFFERBIT); (Note: the (...) (15 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) I see.. but problem is that if I use glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST) then my polygons won't render at all. Tutorials related to OpenGL explicitly told not to use GL_DEPTH_TEST because of this.. how did you avoid it? (15 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDForge - dev. plans and call for help
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(...) For transparency, LDView sorts triangles, and only triangles, not parts. So the centroid of each triangle is (p1 + p2 + p3) * (1/3). All transparent geometry in the whole model goes into one big list of triangles. While I'm at it, I calculate (...) (15 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, FTX)
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(...) Actually - I made it an hour shorter (specifically starting an hour later) to give people more of a chance to participate. I am flexible and willing to provide the challenge as early as all the partipants can make themselves available (hotel (...) (15 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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--snip-- (...) Out of interest which centroid do you use? I would have thought that the bounding box center was better than the centre of all corner points (since these cluster around areas of high detail) but you've presumably tried different (...) (15 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) If you prefer not to sort at all you can use glEnable(GL_POLYGON_STIPPLE) for transparent polygons. It doesn't look nearly as good, but it's really easy to code. Have fun, Don (15 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) The only polygons that LDView sorts are transparent ones. Everything else is handled by the OpenGL depth buffer (glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST), followed by glDepthFunc(GL_LEQUAL)). Transparent polygons need to be sorted before being drawn, and (...) (15 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.5
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(...) I have fixed that problem. It has been in the xmpd.dll version 2.2.1. Now version 2.2.2 is in the download package at (URL) and detecting double lines is working again. Sorry for that trouble. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) The polygons have to be painted on the screen in the correct order in order to have the part displayed correctly. It's not handled automatically. So I need an algorithm to sort the polygons.. and my current one doesn't work right. -Santeri (15 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I had a lot of fun with this last year, and look forward to doing it again. I'm just mad Bryan never told me anything about it, until now! Looks like we have an hour less, this year. Are you sure that's a good idea, Bryan? Cool. Steve (15 years ago, 31-Mar-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, FTX)
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