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(...) Unfortunately it messes up unless you inlude FTX line breaks, or fixed code box characters (pipe). Unfortunately, both make it harder for people using email or newsreaders, so probably best to do it as you did, browsers can just click "View (...) (14 years ago, 22-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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| | Re: Why quads? Re: L(EGO)Draw parts - 4th batch
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(...) Sorry for that ;o) But (fortunately) here are very few twisted surfaces in LEGO pieces, so I don't think my tool has created too much havoc... (...) Problem is that at this low level I have almost no information about the intended geometry - I (...) (14 years ago, 22-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Advice on hair pieces
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(...) So do I... That's why I love Sculptris that has a wonderfully intuitive interface (but it does help to have a reasonably powerful machine). Meshlab is more austere and lacks documentation, but the few needed functions can be conquered without (...) (14 years ago, 22-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Advice on hair pieces
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(...) reads the primitives correctly. What I meant about bad lines was that I noticed your tool does some checking for spurious lines; that must just be for lines between coplanar surfaces. (I could see this being a problem for highly detailed parts (...) (14 years ago, 22-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Conditional lines on sloped wedge parts 43720 and 43721 [DAT]
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(...) Very interesting! (URL) I am not so much comvinced by the improvement for flat shading. Looks like we trade triangular artefacts in one direction with artefacts in the other one. But it drastically improves the very ugly condlines artefacts! (...) (14 years ago, 22-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts, FTX)
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(...) Not sure what you mean - it doesn't check if a line has its ends properly ending on a surface vertex. (loosely related) I have a pending update for edger2 that check if the angle of existing condlines matches angle between surfaces. If the (...) (14 years ago, 22-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Why quads? Re: L(EGO)Draw parts - 4th batch
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(...) I see. So what you really want to do in LDView is ignore the Type 5 lines (at least for smoothing) and smooth wherever there's no Type 2 edge lines between the triangles (and quads). (...) Did anybody ever did actually fix the parts though? I (...) (14 years ago, 22-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Conditional lines on sloped wedge parts 43720 and 43721 [DAT]
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(...) Ok so it's been a few years, but I took another look at this. Did anybody ever make a twist primitive? It appears like all you need to do is something like this. Don 0 Wedge 4 x 2 Sloped Left 0 Name: 43721.dat 0 Author: Donald Sutter 0 (...) (14 years ago, 22-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Tipoca Outpost 930
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(URL) Click the pic for more details... AC (14 years ago, 22-Sep-10, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Advice on hair pieces
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(...) Ah, I was not. Very interesting. I'm still plowing ahead with upgrading Edger regardless because I'd like that built into this tool, but options like making inlining parts optional and not adding conditional lines within a certain angle (...) (14 years ago, 21-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | NEW LEGO Forum.
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(URL) exclusive LEGO based forum! Enjoy! Look forward to talking with you! (14 years ago, 21-Sep-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: LPub Q's
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(...) It's true that 8.5"x11" (US letter size) is not the same size as metric A4, but the above page includes an entry for QPrinter::Letter, which is exactly 8.5"x11", so unless that's not supported by LPub, I don't think that's the problem. (...) (14 years ago, 21-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Why quads? Re: L(EGO)Draw parts - 4th batch
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(...) algorithm. LDView uses Type 5 lines in the LDraw file for smoothing, and considers any two surfaces that have a Type 5 line joining them to be part of a smooth curve. The problem is that two co-planar triangles sitting next to each other (...) (14 years ago, 21-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Advice on hair pieces
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(...) It would be interesting to have a configurable threshold, a 0.1ldu move is not visible and might bring more quads to flat state. (...) Thanks - fortunately it was certified by two other peoples ;o) (...) Probably... (...) There is a special (...) (14 years ago, 21-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: superheroes in the 8486 collectable minifigures
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(...) oops! that ought to read 8684 as the set number. ..jg (14 years ago, 21-Sep-10, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | superheroes in the 8486 collectable minifigures
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don't know if anybody has suggested this already but the weightlifter in the second series of collectable minifigures (8486) would make a GREAT superhero figure. just add a yellow or green cape and he's ready to go (could also make a decent (...) (14 years ago, 21-Sep-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Advice on hair pieces
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(...) I am short of time at the moment for a more detailed answer, but are you aware of Edger2? ((URL) The code is a mess, but it does a pretty good job... Philo (14 years ago, 21-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Advice on hair pieces
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(...) Well, at least splitting into triangles at the middle would produce a fairly clean result in that it would eliminate artifacts, but at the cost of creating extra triangles. I've been working on my adjustment tool and my initial results have (...) (14 years ago, 21-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Geneva wheel or Geneva mechanism
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(...) Maybe you could provide some deep links... Jetro (14 years ago, 20-Sep-10, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Geneva wheel or Geneva mechanism
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Hello I have seen the Geneva wheel for a while now. A few LEGO MOCs have been created before, but I wanted to do my own... This mechanism is running flawless and at variable speed Here is a link to my Brickshelf folder: (URL) I built 2 different (...) (14 years ago, 20-Sep-10, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: St. Saviour Church - Jerusalem
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(...) Thank you for the offer:-) You have an amazing country; one day I should like to do just that! (URL) JOHN (14 years ago, 20-Sep-10, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.il, FTX)
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| | An ad for LEGO
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Better than some of the official ones I've seen... (URL)! (14 years ago, 20-Sep-10, to lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Q's
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In lugnet.cad, Kevin L. Clague wrote: ... snipped ... (...) Another thing that LPub 4 does is automatically center step groups and assembly steps in the center of the page. If there is a single step and with callout(s) on the page, then LPub (...) (14 years ago, 19-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Q's
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(...) I found a bug in LPub. (...) Yes, your highest level model is interesting because the entire model is expressed as steps in submodels, so when it placed the model scale meta, it did it at the top of the step (which is before all the add lines (...) (14 years ago, 19-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: St. Saviour Church - Jerusalem
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(...) Then come visit once more:) You are always welcome (14 years ago, 19-Sep-10, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.il, FTX)
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| | Re: St. Saviour Church - Jerusalem
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(...) Lol I was just thinking about my time in Israel and how long it has been since I've been there! I spent a semester in Jerusalem when I was in college *gasp* 29 years ago. Then I returned to eretz Yisrael two years later for a 2 month (...) (14 years ago, 19-Sep-10, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.il, FTX)
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| | Re: Investment for a home layout?
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(...) As a long term die-hard fan of 9V equipment I have to agree here 100%: The new motors rock. They are extremely fast, very strong, surprisingly "energy" efficient. After purchasing and testing the new trains, I found that they have great play (...) (14 years ago, 19-Sep-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Re: St. Saviour Church - Jerusalem
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(...) Thanks When you've been in Israel? (14 years ago, 19-Sep-10, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.il, FTX)
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| | Re: St. Saviour Church - Jerusalem
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(...) I thought I recognized that church! (the tower, specifically) I know it as the "Lutheran Church of the Redeemer". I've actually been in it many times:-) I do like it; Well done! JOHN (14 years ago, 19-Sep-10, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.il, FTX)
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| | Another Castle:)
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I finished this a while back but I forgot to post it here (2 URLs) PLMKWYT:) Yaron (14 years ago, 18-Sep-10, to lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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| | Re: St. Saviour Church - Jerusalem
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(...) Thanks a few new ones will be added shortly (14 years ago, 18-Sep-10, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.il, FTX)
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| | Re: St. Saviour Church - Jerusalem
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(...) Thanks glad to hear it:) (14 years ago, 18-Sep-10, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.ancient, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.loc.il, FTX)
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| | Re: Investment for a home layout?
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(...) The fact that the new PF train motor seems to be more powerful than the 9 volt motor would incline me to go with the new system. I don't like the dark Blay track, but such is life. I will be keeping my 9 volt track and probably run the PF (...) (14 years ago, 18-Sep-10, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Why quads? Re: L(EGO)Draw parts - 4th batch
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(...) Isn't this the same problem we ran into with the twisted wedge bricks a while back? Those gave us problematic conditional lines in addition to the ugly zigzag shading artifacts. (URL) thought the solution was to orient the triangles orthogonal (...) (14 years ago, 18-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Why quads? Re: L(EGO)Draw parts - 4th batch
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(...) Note that I consider this behavior to be a bug in LDView, and as such I will fix it when I get a chance. --Travis (14 years ago, 17-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LPub Q's
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(...) ... snipped ... (...) I've moved the PLI around thinking it was underneath it but it didn't seem to make a difference. I will send you the MPD file so you can take a look at it. (...) I tried it but even though I told it to apply to only this (...) (14 years ago, 17-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Q's
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In lugnet.cad, Mike Walsh wrote: ... snipped ... (...) Things seem fine through page 14, and then they go away. One of two things come to mind. Either it is an LPub bug, or, possibly the page number is hiding the PLI? I'd make sure that the PLI is (...) (14 years ago, 17-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Your favorite person is not on Face Book!
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(URL) have missed some of the BL people over the past year I have been off that site. I am now on facebook! Feel free to contact me. I have a nice lady running the facebook site, but I can still get messages! Thanks to all the past supporters, and I (...) (14 years ago, 17-Sep-10, to lugnet.general)
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| | TRU flyer (two weeks)
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Last week's (URL) two week flyer> is still valid for another week. This weeks two week flyer (Sept. 17 to Thursday Sept. 30) isn't thrilling. TRU has the LEGO games "12 to choose from". Flyer shows Creationary $44.99 Harry Potter Hogwarts $39.99 (...) (14 years ago, 17-Sep-10, to lugnet.loc.ca, FTX)
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| | Re: LPub Q's
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(...) It doesn't help much, but it appears only on pages with a submodel used twice (x2). Perhaps it would help to see the mpd source file? (...) Right click on the model in the step where you want to reduce scale, choose "Change scale" and choose (...) (14 years ago, 17-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad)
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