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LEGOLAND® Florida Announces Opening Date World’s Largest LEGOLAND Park Will Debut Saturday, October 15, 2011 May 23, 2011 (Business Wire) — To the delight of youngsters everywhere, LEGOLAND® Florida today revealed its official opening date: (...) (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.loc.us.fl, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org website theme.
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(...) Orion, What CMS are you going to use? I have some experience in making websites and want to help if needed. Jaco (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
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Hi, I tried the installation, works fine, but get same error as with the tip of Larry: "No matching in 'material', undeclared identifier 'LDXColor117440511_slope'" Any idea? Thx, adrian (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
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Hi Larry, no, Ben wasn't there, I forgot the name of the guy you've visited, I will ask Ralph, maybe he remembers. Your tip with the library path helped a bit, the error I asked about doesn't show up again, but now there is a new one: "No matching (...) (13 years ago, 23-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: LDraw.org website theme.
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(...) Hi Orion, You may find more people with those skills over on Flickr. I've copied the message to there. Tim (13 years ago, 22-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDraw.org website theme.
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Hi all, I'm going to be working on the website over the next few weeks. I suck at graphic design, I think this is a perfect to solicit ideas/designs for the website theme. No coding experience is required. I can handle that aspect if needed. -Orion (13 years ago, 22-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Ukulele out of LEGO bricks?
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(...) This is cool, but you already know that, since I already told you how awesome it is. Of course, the only thing that would make it cooler was if it was going to be displayed at Brickfete. Janey "Yes, I used Rosco for a shameless plug, Red (...) (13 years ago, 22-May-11, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX)
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| | Ukulele out of LEGO bricks?
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Click pic for the answer... (URL) ROSCO (13 years ago, 21-May-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.schleim, FTX) !
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| | Re: LDraw.org File Encoding Standard Ratified
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(...) Wow, that was fast! Thanks, Chris. Unfortunately it doesn't solve the issue. LDraw Apache server sends the page telling that charset is iso-8859-1 (why???) and this overrides page head specification. If I save the page and open it with my (...) (13 years ago, 21-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org File Encoding Standard Ratified
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(...) Parts Tracker pages now specify charset=UTF-8. Chris (13 years ago, 21-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw.org File Encoding Standard Ratified
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(...) It would be a good thing that Parts Tracker generated html pages use utf-8 as encoding charset instead of iso-8859-1 See discussion here (URL) this message (URL) it seems that a new CMS is on its way, maybe the charset change should be done in (...) (13 years ago, 21-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Updating LDConfig - Request for New Colors
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(...) Personally, I have always used color 256 (Rubber Black) for that part and it looks very good. See this picture as an example: (URL) Albrecht (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Updating LDConfig - Request for New Colors
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(...) Bricklink color 150, Medium Dark Flesh, does not have a matching color name/number from TLG or LDraw in any color chart I've seen. It may be too new; it only first appeared in sets from 2010. Their color 151, Speckle Black-Gold, also first (...) (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Updating LDConfig - Request for New Colors
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I was recently informed that LDConfig does not have the proper colors for this part: (URL) anyone know of any more colors that may be missing or need to be added? I have also been asked to change a few colors in LDConfig that don't look quite right. (...) (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
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(...) OK, but that rules out parts that were in before that have been removed. I recently opened an old LDD file which was complete, but is now incomplete due to lack of parts. Also correct models opened in free build mode give incorrect colors (...) (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Putting The Pieces Together (Video) - LEGO Group, CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp
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Putting The Pieces Together Interview with LEGO Group, CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp & Kirsty Wark at European Zeitgeist 2011. Video is about thirteen minutes long (12:58) release May 16, 2011 on 'ZeigeistMinds' channel: (URL) Putting The Pieces (...) (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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| | Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
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An estimation made by JC Tchang gives 2433 parts for LDD and 4506 for LDraw. These figures include patterned parts, but not the 550 LDraw shortcut parts. Philo (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
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--snip-- (...) The newer versions have a free build mode with all parts available in all colours. I'd guess that LDraw has many more non-minifig parts but LDD may pip it now for total due to the proliferation of minifig parts. Tim (13 years ago, 20-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | New buildinginstruction on the LPub Manual Site
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Howdy folks! Check out my new buildinginstructions on the LPub Manual Site! https://sites.google...ons/cowboy I Love Building too... digitally... :-) Cheers! Jaco (13 years ago, 19-May-11, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
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I am glad import function for LDraw in LDD has been restored. For me it didn't work a while. Pitty not all parts are in and parts that are in LDD get removed now and then. (13 years ago, 19-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
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(...) Hmm, and I am sure that LDraw has more though (correct me if I am wrong or prove otherwise). I mean, take all old parts that _are_ in LDraw and _not_ in LDD. Take the color availability in to account, and there you go. If I'd model my designs (...) (13 years ago, 19-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Zellers sale May 20-26
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Zellers flyer good from Friday May 20th through Thursday May 26th. Buy one get one 1/2 price on all LEGO construction sets. Regular $2.99-79.99. Second item must be of equal or lesser value. Flyer shows a wide variety of sets including Ninjago, (...) (13 years ago, 19-May-11, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | New Google Group for SMART
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Mark Kenworthy has created a new google group for SMART with the goal to ease communications within our group. The name of the group is smart_robotics. To keep the group clean and away from the despicable acts of spammers, the group is closed. (...) (13 years ago, 19-May-11, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
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(...) Thanks...I'll change them and upload them soon. Scott W. (13 years ago, 19-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
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(...) I'm pretty sure LDD has way more parts, patterns being a possible exception. Many LDraw parts that have been developed more recently were done so with the gracious help of the Lego Universe Team, who did us the favor of converting batches of (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LDD and LDraw - which has the most parts?
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Hi all, I recently found this post on the Eurobricks website: (URL) you can find a huge list of Lego sets that are available in LDD format. It was interesting to note that many of the sets are missing certain pieces (mainly sticker parts and minifig (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
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(...) I am the Larry behind MiltonTrainWorks.com ... and I think I have been the Larry you met in Germany way long ago. Was Ben there? (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
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Hy Larry, I am also going to try this on friday, thx. BTW, are you THE Larry I have met years years years ago for one day in Germany (forgot the name of the boy you visited, I have been there with Dö (Ralph)) and built some cool stuff together? Some (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Unofficial LEGO Sets/Parts Collectors Guide 1949-90s
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Still taking pre-orders and working on the Volume 1&2 LEGO CD (1949-90s).... The merged edition is going to be big. I've been busy finishing chapters... the final chapter count isn't there yet... But so far it's 71 Chapters... 4 Appendices and 2 (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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| | Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
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(...) Cool, thx, will give it a try on friday (have no access to my Mac Mini with the Windows Installation at the moment) and tell you the results. Great, adrian (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | May 21 SMART Meeting
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The next SMART Meeting is this Saturday May 21. Challenge for the meeting is to build a robot that resembles some type of creature, real or pretend. We will also do an mini-class/group programming with NXC. Bring a robot and a laptop and we will see (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
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(...) I think dark tan is so far wrong in the official file that it's in desperate need of a correction. It looks much closer to the color Bricklink refers to as medium dark flesh, which appeared in some of the Prince of Persia sets. That has a rich (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | So here's a question....
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Since my last post got eaten by the sub-ether... I have a new question-- Regarding the candle'bot, right from the rules-- Eligible:Public & AFOL Goal: The First Robot to find and extinguish a candle flame will be the winner of that round. Robots (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
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(...) That might be a good idea, offer to abort if you find it, though, rather than just uninstalling silently. :) (...) Thanks... So that's a fairly good argument for taking a VMWare approach I guess. I DO have a new machine I need to get "render (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | So...
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I've been ruminating in the addled brainspace I call my head about my tug o' war 'bot.... And I thought it would be a good time to finally pull out the 18 battery boxes 'bot idea that Chris and I've been yipping about for well most a decade--I can (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | LEGO Systems, Inc. Completes Upgrade of its ‘Brick House’
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LEGO® Completes Upgrade of its ‘Brick House’ May 16, 2011 Toymaker LEGO Systems, Inc., Enfield, CT has completed its $7 million upgrade of approximately 125,000 square feet of raw, high-bay manufacturing space into bright, efficient and comfortable (...) (13 years ago, 18-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
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(...) OK, I'll keep you in mind if I find other color issues. The "rendered look" came out great!! (URL) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
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(...) Yeah, I use this LDConfig_alt for working in MLCAD. It makes it look a lot more fun / realistic than black edge lines. Its not good for making instructions, but I get an almost rendered look in MLCAD without having to run a separate rendering (...) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
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(...) I had newbies in mind with little or no knowledge about LDraw who wanna give it a try when I set up the new AIOI. Therefore it will never carry LDDP, DatHeader or other part author stuff. I could code in checking for an existing installation (...) (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Why does "dark tan" in LDConfig not look like dark tan?
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(...) definition I use for rendering. It's running now. I also noticed that you used much different edge colors than the basic file. You used unique edge colors instead of #333333 for everything. Eric (13 years ago, 17-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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