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(...) awesome! It would be cool if you could submit a building as part of your LUGNET membership. (...) Way above my skill level unfortunately. -Mike (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I split the terrain mesh into many pieces and it renders much more quickly now. It still takes a while to load initially though. -Mike (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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(...) I'll keep it in mind. (...) My development code has a new feature that will be in LDView 4.2 called "Keep Right Side Up". When in fly-through mode, if you enable this feature, the camera isn't allowed to roll side to side at all. However, it (...) (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I like the idea of a Lego globe or world! Having recently been involved in building an OpenStreetMap tileserver I came across the following project that might be of interest: Isometric 3D map of Czech Republic (URL) this page that gives you a (...) (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I found the sources, and did a quick fix (no hardcoded files anymore). It still only generates a BlockCAD .LGO file but that is easily translated to LDRAW with BlockCAD. (URL) no part optimizing - the whole landscape is built with 1x1 bricks (...) (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I think it was just a silly question, sorry. I meant somewhere in between the 3-D globe and 2-D map... but you can't really apply a square map to a round globe without squishing things. :) -Mike (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Some more requests while I'm at it. You currently have a camera mode that limits the "Examine mode" to exactly horizontal and vertical movement. If you could do something similar for the "Fly-through mode", such that regardless of where the (...) (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Love the details in the cab. Very nice. Looks like the cheese slopes are your friend big time. (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(2 URLs) Gallery> Texas State Railroad Mikado (2-8-2) Engine #400. From the TSRR Website: This locomotive began its career on the Tremont & Gulf Railway, a Louisiana short line. Wearing number 30, it was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in (...) (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hmm, I don't think that would work too well - inevitably the action you want will be slightly different from the action you have in the library (e.g. each minifig action will require 4 different animation sequences, depending on whether he has (...) (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) It could be nice if the tool switched between polygons and studs depending on the slope of the terrain. I like how some of the molded TLG baseplates aren't entirely covered by studs and have some empty spaces. -Mike (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LEGO® Group "Spins" New Ninjago Property Into Animated Television Series
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ENFIELD, Conn., March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ LEGO® Group "Spins" New Ninjago Property Into Animated Television Series The LEGO® Group today announced that Ninjago, its original property centered on a rich story inspired by martial arts lore, has been (...) (14 years ago, 30-Mar-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: Primitives and long file names
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(...) <snip> (...) Didn't mean to cause nightmares :) But if your program is doing 'special' stuff for those kinds of folders, does it handle use of relative folders in models etc correctly? Cause you could supply a model e.g. d:\mystuff\coolCar.dat (...) (14 years ago, 29-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) A long time ago I wrote a terrain generator whose final output was a BlockCAD file. The surface of the landscape was built up with 1x1 bricks and tiles. I belive I also had the possibility to generate bricks all the way up from the bottom, but (...) (14 years ago, 29-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) I guess that depends on whether you're talking about a 3-D LEGO globe or a 2-D LEGO map? I'm not sure I quite follow exactly what you're trying to do. I played around a while ago and got a program that would build an LDraw globe based on a 2-D (...) (14 years ago, 29-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Nooo...ooo! Please......... Do not make lDraw folder structure more complex than what is now: If you follow the rules of using separates folder for Unofficial files (like SR3DBuilder does), it will make things harder to manage since my (...) (14 years ago, 29-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Animated minfigs
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(...) have a library of animations for different minifig actions, such as running, walking, crawling, etc. -Mike (14 years ago, 29-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Heightfields in LDraw
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I've been experimenting with importing terrain heightfields into LDraw. Here are the results: (URL) (One pair of triangles in the terrain mesh is equal to a normal LDraw baseplate in dimensions.) The steps I took: created the heightfield in Wilbur (...) (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Lego globe...
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If you were to create a computer simulation of a globe completely made of Legp with cities on it and everything, how would you overcome the limitation imposed by the fact that you can't tile squares across the surface of the globe? Are there (...) (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Hey, I really like the idea of new line types and I made a little experiment. Not for curves, discs, spheres, cylinders, rings, cones and torii, but for gradient brushes. LDraw lives in a (linear) text based vector world. And when I zoom in, I (...) (14 years ago, 29-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad) !
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| | Re: LDView requests
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(...) Seconded! Tim (14 years ago, 29-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) And a piece of software to cheat with :) Tim (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Injection molding: LEGO Group wins Arburg’s Energy Efficiency Award
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Injection molding: LEGO Group wins Arburg’s Energy Efficiency Award By Matt Defosse Published: March 23rd, 2011 Everyone knows the toys they make, but few realize the lengths LEGO has gone to reduce its energy use. The company has increased its (...) (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, FTX)
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(...) Just a thought, but you could also utilize new sub directories e.g. 1 16 ......... ring\5-24-24.dat or even 1 16 ......... ring\24\5-24.dat This should work on existing software cause 48\ or s\ are already in use, so most software should be (...) (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) As long as you provide parts authors with a cheat sheet, this should work too. Regardless, the naming scheme should be according to a regular system. -Mike (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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(...) Something to keep in mind: I think you should pad leading zeros. I.e. turn "4" into "04". Doing so makes it possible to sort files by name in a file manager. -Mike (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDView requests
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I think it would be cool to be able to set/input camera parameters directly. Currently, you can only export them to POV-Ray. It would be nice to be able to set them as well to get a sort of preview before a final render. I also think it would be (...) (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 2x1x2 slope trouble
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(...) Thanks again, Philo. I'll give that a try today. Jonathan (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: ML-CAD 3.30 Problem while parts authoring
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(...) I get this bug too. -Mike (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Animated minfigs
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(...) I use LD4DStudio for all my LEGO animation needs. You can get it here (URL) examples of what you can do here (URL) here (URL) (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Account issues
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Dear all, The webmasters have made a difficult decision on LDraw accounts due to a proliferation of spambots and other non-genuine accounts. Please see (URL) for updates. The text below is copied from that article. Tim ---- Of late there has been a (...) (14 years ago, 28-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !
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| | Re: Some help or advice requested
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(...) SNIP (...) So I bet you had all been waiting with bated breath for the revelation of my project, and then I bet you had all thought that I had given up, when there was no revelation forthcoming. In actual fact, I had been working on this until (...) (14 years ago, 27-Mar-11, to lugnet.technic) !
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| | LDraw equivalent of MakeHuman
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It would be cool if we had an LDraw equivalent of the MakeHuman project. I.e. a 3D model of a minifig that is compatible with LDRaw and can be deformed in external tools such as Blender in the same way that lots of TLG animations "cheat" by bending (...) (14 years ago, 27-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Animated minfigs
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Which tools can be used to create minifig animations? And who has created some of these animations? -Mike (14 years ago, 27-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Canadian prices
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Hi all, I Wanted to ask all Canadian Lego fans and anyone else that wants to support this, to contact Lego and let them know that we are not happy having to pay up to 20% or more for the same sets sold in the US. As the Canadian dollar is worth more (...) (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: NO LUG
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(...) LOL, is the follow-up really supposed to be going to "aquazone"??? You need more than Lake Erie to qualify, dont you??? Janey "I just posted where the followup told me to" Red Brick (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | Re: Need help testing 9751 Serial Interface
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2 more links that may come in handy for future users of 9751: (URL) (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: NO LUG
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(...) snipped LOL, I actually like "NO LUG"... I wouldnt change it at all... however... I would like to add something new to the agenda. While I see you have your first road trip already planned (to the new LEGO store)... may I offer an other idea (...) (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.aquazone)
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| | CAD for Lego , and related research questions...
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Hi, Way way back in 2000, I asked about CAD (Computer Aided Architectural Design) for Lego(R) system on this forum. Since 2000 a lot has changed, and I'd like to update my original analysis to a much fuller one, based on intervening developments in (...) (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | NO LUG
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NO LUG Clearly we need a better name A number of AFOL’s in the area (Arthur, Ken, Troy, Adrian,Todd etc.) are interested in forming a new Lego Users Group for the Northern Ohio region (Cleveland, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, etc.). The first meeting (...) (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Re: LDView browser plugin?
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(...) Yes, I forgot about the parts library. That would definitely pose a difficulty. -Mike (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 2x1x2 slope trouble
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(...) The best is to download and reinstall the complete library from this page... (URL) (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Check out what you can make with 750,000 LEGO bricks
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Abner Finley wrote: Snipped (...) This is awesome, and I am so jealous!!! You guys have something really special here. I dream of the day where I can have space to host my collection and all my friends can come and go with (...) (14 years ago, 26-Mar-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: 2x1x2 slope trouble
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(...) Thanks, Philo. I think you are right - I am missing the subpart. I am not seeing how to download it though. I am not the brightest light when doing these types of things. Jonathan (14 years ago, 25-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 2x1x2 slope trouble
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I am not a Bricksmith user, so there may be issues I don't know, but 60481 is an official part included in library, so you don't have to download it individually (I suspect you didn't download it's subpart 60481s01.dat, or placed it in the wrong (...) (14 years ago, 25-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 2x1x2 slope trouble
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(URL) Bearing in mind I am new to this type of thing . . . as a first timer I am having trouble downloading this part from LDraw Parts Library and placing into Bricksmith. The part seems to come out without sides on it. Has anyone advice to offer? (...) (14 years ago, 25-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Persians, come and get them!
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(URL) Click the pic for more details. AC (14 years ago, 25-Mar-11, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX) !
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| | Re: TRU sale March 25 - 31
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(...) Also Zellers BOGOHO (Buy One Get One Half Off) on Toy Story, Atlantis and Creator. Friday March 25 - Thursday March 31. -Chris Gray, Edmonton (14 years ago, 24-Mar-11, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: LDView browser plugin?
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(...) I agree that this seems a good fit for WebGL, but there is one problem. LDraw.org is FAR too slow to serve up the part files for a web-based viewer without driving the user crazy. A plugin could install a local copy of the parts library. (...) (14 years ago, 24-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDView browser plugin?
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(...) I have no plans to do so. Since LDView is open source, in theory anyone could build one based on it. Additionally, I have an LDView-based DLL (used by Bram Lambrecht for LSculpt's preview window and Michael Heidemann for DATHeader's built-in (...) (14 years ago, 24-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 2 x 2 tiles with dots
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(...) Philo, *thank you* million times! Saso (14 years ago, 24-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | TRU sale March 25 - 31
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TRU flyer good from Friday March 25th through Thursday March 31st unless otherwise noted. Scratch and save March 25-27 only. Spend $50 or more (before taxes) and scratch to save 5-50%. Excludes video game hardware and other stuff. See the web site (...) (14 years ago, 24-Mar-11, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: 2 x 2 tiles with dots
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(...) Yes, they do exist... now ;) (URL) (14 years ago, 24-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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(...) Yes, better have more resolution at the beginning. In many cases I downsample differently on different sections of parts. Eg. for Dobby's head ((URL) I first reduced polygon count to a high value, then reduced again in all areas except (...) (14 years ago, 24-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | FaBiOX Video Commercial
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(URL) Models (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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(...) Thanks, Philo! In that case, I shall rescan without the head, from more angles, and with finer settings - I was trying (unsuccessfully) to try and limit the polygon count by scanning in lower resolution, but if you're using other software to (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: LDView browser plugin?
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(...) A possible starting place for this kind of project might be tapping into the new WebGL capabilities of Firefox and Chrome (and hopefully once things have standardized, other browsers as well). See the following link for examples of WebGL in (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 2 x 2 tiles with dots
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Hi all, I managed to find part #64776 Die 6 Sided Rubber Frame with Red Center with Studs (Board Games) in an Official parts list but I cannot find these files: (Bricklink part numbers) 3068bpb290 3068bpb291 3068bpb292 3068bpb293 3068bpb192 (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 2x Dacta 9701 Control Lab & 9751 Serial Interface & 9769 Mac Serial Cable
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Howdy- On eBay, I have a 9701 Control Lab & 9751 Serial Interface. Parts are all accounted for. Lots of manuals (assumed complete). No software. I also have a 9769 Macintosh Serial cable, still factory sealed. (URL) also have another 9701/9751 set, (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | any suggestions for future collectible minifigures?
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with series four almost here, does anybody have ideas for figs they'd like to see in future series? personally i'd really like to see: highlander (scot) generic superheroes (capes, masks, etc.) more roman or spartan variations and to a lesser (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.build.minifigs, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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Hi Darrel, (...) Indeed, the face is not really needed here. Your scanner properly creates a file in millimeter units, scaling by 2.5 directly provides LDU. (...) From my experience with laser scanner, some smoothing can't be avoided because the (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | SR 3D Builder 0.5.6.8 released
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Hi again, after a bit long wait time, here is my application new release. Nothing really exciting, just some fixes and some improvements especially in the user interface, so no videos this time. It is highly recommended that you preserve a copy of (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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(...) Well, here's the Clown hair: (URL) one needed even more triangles to get the surface to look right, which I'm going to assume will be bad for LDraw conversion. If I make the triangle count more reasonable, the surface gets so smooth you might (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Need help testing 9751 Serial Interface
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Problem solved! Here's what the fellow wrote, in case this is of use to anybody in the future. Thanks, -Jason " I tried the null modem last night but I was making other changes as well so when it did not work I removed it. That is the key. A null (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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(...) I just had a look at the real parts in that kit, and I guess the answer to my own question is "No". I could scan the helmet piece in the new Clone Trooper pack, but I don't think the results would be what you wanted.. The new parts are much (...) (14 years ago, 23-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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Hi Philo, I've sent you the STL file for the Anakin Skywalker hair piece and the Senate Commando helmet. I’m not really satisfied with how the front of the part looks; if you look at the picture on Peeron there’s a lot more definition in the hair (...) (14 years ago, 22-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Need help testing 9751 Serial Interface
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Some helpful info from a fellow to whom I sold another 9701/9751 set a while ago. Thanks, -Jason " also for me it was not easy to get the interface running. OK, in a short and brief form some infos how I got the fun I expected to have with the Lego (...) (14 years ago, 22-Mar-11, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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Hi Reuben & Darell, (...) Yes, they look good. At first sight triangulation has too many triangles for a LDraw file, but it's easy to reduce. (...) I could have a try, but don't expect it so soon... Another problem is that I don't have the real part (...) (14 years ago, 22-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Need help testing 9751 Serial Interface
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More info from the buyer, in case this sheds any new light: "I tried connecting to a couple of different computers and nothing. I have used a VB.Net program and a Java program, both supposedly working on windows XP SP3 with a usb to serial converter (...) (14 years ago, 22-Mar-11, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Need help testing 9751 Serial Interface
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Howdy- I recently sold a 9701 set + 9751 serial interface & my buyer is having trouble operating the 9751 interface. I have 2 more such sets & observe the same behavior. I plug in the AC adapter and the Stop & Power lights illuminate. At this point, (...) (14 years ago, 22-Mar-11, to lugnet.dacta)
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| | Re: How to obtain good photographs to make head patterns?
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(...) FYI, it's called a "telecentric lens". Wikipedia: (URL) sure these are commonly available to the hobbyist market, though. -Mike (14 years ago, 22-Mar-11, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: Brickfête - Canadian Lego Fan Event
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(...) John, I look forward to seeing you at Brickfete. I know you are just waiting to sign up. But when you are ready I cant wait to show you around, and tell you all about me, and don, and the guys. Chris B.E.D (14 years ago, 21-Mar-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX)
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| | Re: Brickfête - Canadian Lego Fan Event
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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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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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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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| | Re: Icy lake
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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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| | Re: How to obtain good photographs to make head patterns?
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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 LEGO bricks
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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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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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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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| | Icy lake
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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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| | Re: How to obtain good photographs to make head patterns?
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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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| | How to obtain good photographs to make head patterns?
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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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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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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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| | Re: 3D laser scanning
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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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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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(...) 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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| | Re: Reviving old cybermasters with MacNQC
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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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