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(...) Yes, Ben is sort of kinda looks like that, but more crayon, and less oil stains from the sandwich and candy wrappers. Looking forward to seeing everyone at Brickfete.com Chris B.E.D. (14 years ago, 21-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Re: Check out what you can make with 750,000 LEGO bricks
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(...) Thanks for posting, Abner! JOHN (14 years ago, 21-Mar-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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(...) Can any of the experienced part authors confirm whether Darrell's files are suitable for making an LDraw part? From the visuals they look pretty good, but I'm no expert on the details needed to convert this type of model into a real part file. (...) (14 years ago, 21-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) I really like the snow covered tree... with the curved slopes, it looks like the tree is holding the last bit of snow it can manage to hold on to. Nicely played. Janey "Red Brick" (14 years ago, 21-Mar-11, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I think that making good photos is the best way. You need a camera with good optical zoom, make your photos directly in front of head, and from a distance to minimize field of view. The photo you get is not very different from a projection on (...) (14 years ago, 21-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Check out what you can make with 750,000 LEGOs From Kare11.com website March 20, 2011 MINNEAPOLIS -- Local LEGO-builders have a new way to let visitors get a look at their one-of-a-kind creations. "It's extravagant. You come in and it's a huge (...) (14 years ago, 21-Mar-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun, lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us.mn, FTX) !
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(...) I finished the other helmet in the magnet pack yesterday ("Senate Commando"), but I guess that wasn't the one you were looking for.. Has someone already done a DAT file for that? Or for the last figure in the pack, "Ashoka Tano"? If someone's (...) (14 years ago, 20-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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This MOC was built in one evening during December 2009. Icy Lake is completely snot to represent the snow around the lake. On the quay there is a frozen fisherman. He was surprised by the winter arrival, maybe he waited too long for fishes. On the (...) (14 years ago, 20-Mar-11, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Here are some ideas: 1. If you know the exact physical dimensions/characteristics of your digital camera (focal length, aperture, diode size, etc.) I bet you can find a tool or collection of algorithms online that you can use to convert the (...) (14 years ago, 20-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: SR 3D Builder 0.5.6.6 released
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(...) I would just like to direct your attention to a bug I am experiencing. In Windows 7 the dialogs and menus all seem to appear misaligned for some reason. Screenshot: (URL) think it has to do with the text sizes I am using in my Windows theme. (...) (14 years ago, 20-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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The technique I've been using to make minifig torsos can be extended to heads, but I have one critical problem that I haven't been able to figure out yet: Before tracing an image, I need an image that is facing the camera head-on. Normally to get a (...) (14 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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Here's what it looks like shaded in Rhino, in case you couldn't visualize the surface in the other pics. (2 URLs) (14 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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OK, this took a couple of hours of work (remember I'm learning as I go along). It's still a little crude, and there are a few holes in the overhangs,but it's a start! (URL) you guys still use Brickshelf? I hope I remembered how to do that (...) (14 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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WOW!! I am surprised the scanned results are usable /AT ALL/!!!! I'm generally completely skeptical about technology's ability to perform such tasks. I.e. almost 100% of the time a human operator is what is needed to achieve usable results. (...) (14 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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Are there any plans on creating an LDView-based browser plugin? It would be nice if a plugin were added to the Firefox or Chrome plugin libraries, as well as automatically loaded and found when encountering LDraw files. -Mike (14 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Rotating model animation help needed
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I would like too create animations of several of my models rotating around their vertical axes and upload them to YouTube. 1. What movie codec/format should I use? 2. The number of frames should be divisible by 4 so that I get a nice view of the (...) (14 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr + L3P 1.4 + POV-Ray 3.6.2 + fastrad.inc no longer producing nice results
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(...) There are two files in the ZIP file. Do I need to use both? -Mike (14 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Unfortunately, I can only scan what I have in front of me, and I don't own any of those parts. Let me see what I can do with the minifig heads and then I'll post that as proof-of-concept. Then if you're interested maybe we can work something (...) (14 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) OK, I just picked up this magnet set: (URL) think it has the hair you wanted in it.. Is that the helmet you want too? I'll let you know how it goes. Again, I won't have time to do the scaling/trimming/LDU conversion/DAT conversion - I will (...) (14 years ago, 19-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDConfig.ldr + L3P 1.4 + POV-Ray 3.6.2 + fastrad.inc no longer producing nice results
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(...) I think that many of the POV-Ray colors were tuned by the All-In-One Installer from LDraw.org. These are tuned for rendering. The LDconfig.ldr is not tuned for rendering. It is meant for creating building instructions. For this reason, I have (...) (14 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Patterns: Outline or no outline?
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(...) My process goes like this: 1) Find a relatively high-quality photo of the part and reorient it so it has the right proportions and faces me head-on. (I also keep the part itself handy for details the photo missed.) 2) Use Inkscape to trace (...) (14 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Brickfête - Canadian Lego Fan Event
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(...) Now I know why they had Tom grow that cheesy mustache!!! A little ode to the collaborator. Wow, things just all fell into place. Janey "The world is a bit clearer today!" Red Brick (14 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) Does you "blank card" look like this: (URL) Ben (14 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | 300 Spartan Pit of Death
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(URL) As usual, click the pic for more details... AC (14 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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(...) Thanks for the pointer. (...) Cool, I'll have to take some closer looks there as well. I knew this was going to be time-consuming again ;) (...) Having found the comments on that problem, I was almost fearing you might say that. Best thing in (...) (14 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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| | LDConfig.ldr + L3P 1.4 + POV-Ray 3.6.2 + fastrad.inc no longer producing nice results
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I've been trying to use the fastrad.inc script with scenes generated by the new version (1.4) of L3P that supports LDConfig.ldr. However, the results are not nearly as attractive as they were with older versions of L3P. Anyone have an idea of what (...) (14 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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(...) Oh dear! That's just my (painstaking) way. I really wouldn't recommend it to anyone if he or she hasn't tons of time to waste. (...) There are: * Quad2Dat of course (URL) LDPattern - the last time I gave it a try I was most impressed (URL) (...) (14 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Was it at that point when you collaborated with Donald Bellisario to create Magno, P.I., and NC(hr)IS? JOHN (14 years ago, 18-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) Sir, Have you ever been a member of... oh wait. wrong thread. Dave, How dare you, my friend Eugene and I go way back. "Gene" I would say, and he would reply with "ya Chris" and Im like "Gene, we got to make a show" "I'm sick of this shocking (...) (14 years ago, 17-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) Pinko? Dummy? (URL) Sir, I will have you know I am a card carrying Libertarian. LESS government, not MORE (URL) Have you, or have you ever been a member of the communist party? Drat, I keep forgetting as a Canadian, I am not subject to those (...) (14 years ago, 17-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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Classic Trees from the 50's - 70's. (14 years ago, 17-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Chris's knowledge of all thinks Roddenberry is as my knowledge of all things Pyro Dave K (14 years ago, 17-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) That's not a peace sign, dummy; it's a Vulcan hand gesture, meaning, "Live Long and Rockher." That's the stink, ya pinko. JOHN (14 years ago, 17-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | TRU sale March 18-24
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Happy Saint Patrick's day! TRU flyer good from Friday March 18th until Thursday March 24th. 8079 Shadow Snapper $19.87, reg. $39.99 5636 Legoville Bus (DUPLO) $14.87, reg. $29.99 Imaginarium LEGO Activity Table $129.97 (save $40), reg. $169.99 (...) (14 years ago, 17-Mar-11, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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(...) Indeed :( ... so I only check here from time to time. You would probably get faster answers on Mindboards (https://sourceforge...ndex.php). (...) Memory is very low, about 400 bytes! (URL) useful programs can be written nonetheless: (URL) (...) (14 years ago, 17-Mar-11, to lugnet.robotics.cybermaster)
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Hi Darrell, How about some of the hair/accessories from the recent Lego Minifigure series? (URL) like the Cirus Clown's hair or the Caveman's hair would be very hard to model using normal methods. Being a Lego Star Wars fan I'd like to see the (...) (14 years ago, 16-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Whackolug Dinner/Meeting for March
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This Sunday March - 20th - 18:30 - 21:00 Location - Angel's Diner. Guelph More info... Our monthly dinner... challenge tonight is... "Something Springy" so... Spring forward, Spring a leak, Spring showers, Sprung to mind, Sprang open, Sprang up..... (...) (14 years ago, 16-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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Hi Lee, I've started looking at the process of creating patterns for parts. I've been reading through Willy Tschager article "Pattern It: (URL) found a copy of Monzoom (Willy's recommended program for manipulating 2D shapes), but as it's in German I (...) (14 years ago, 16-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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(...) Um Janey? You might want to ex-nay on the mocking me eh. If i can get "thee" John Neal to work on Brickfete badges. Well, that would be quite a feather in our caps. I heard a rumor that Mr. Neal was thinking, on planing, to think about firing (...) (14 years ago, 15-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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(...) John, I guess I don't understand. While I think yuou are saying my reaction is a shock, I am a bit confuse as to the image of the peace sign you linked too. Chris B.E.D. Whats that stink? (14 years ago, 15-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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