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(...) I am considering using parallel instead of a light source that's very far away... I don't think Jeroen used "parallel" for his source(s) because the shadow angles are steeper in the foreground. (this will be less pronounced with light sources (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) Looking at the lighting, I'm pretty sure he used radiosity and prolly his FastRad library. I might still have a copy lemme poke around. -Orion (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) I'm 99++% certain that's not the case, given the input data Jeroen was able to recover for me. I think removing reflections would be a lot of work, better to change the properties of the surface to get them not to happen. (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Asking for RIS 2.0 patch under Windows XP
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Threre are two fixes to the "A critical error has occurred" problem. One fix is to uninstall the latest Quicktime and install the older Quicktime version from the RIS CD (or any Quicktime version older than version 7). Another fix (described earlier (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Zellers and TRU sales June 3-9
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Zellers flyer good from Friday June 3rd through Thursday June 9th. Save 20% on all LEGO® Hero Factory Construction sets, $8.79 - $21.59 (Reg. 10.99 - 26.99) TRU flyer good from Friday June 3rd through Thursday June 9th. Buy one get one half off on (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Castle at Brickworld 2011
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This info has been on classic-castle.com and the Brickworld website for a while, but I figured I ought to post here too, just in case. If this is your first time reading this, and you're thinking, "Aaaah! There's only a couple of weeks left before (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) You can use many lights, and still have a single shadow by making all lights but one 'shadowless' (a modifier to the POV light description). I often put a (not too bright) shadowless light at the same position as the camera, to make sure (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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It looks to me like each model / row of models was rendered in POV-Ray individually and then PhotoShopped together. Probably removed any reflections when combined on to one image. Scott (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) Hi Larry, I'm not much of a POV expert, but it looks to me like Jeroen used a single light source (I only see one shadow per model). I'd guess the light source is very far away (to simulate sunlight) because all the shadows cast proportionate (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | May
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Wow; looks like I missed May. So, a quick recap of May: We decided to recreate Rice Park in St. Paul, MN, complete with The St. Paul Library, The Landmark Center, and, of course, the Ordway Theater. I've already nearly completed the library; just a (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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A long time ago, Jeroen kindly rendered this image for me in POVRay (URL) the source got lost. Now I need it much much larger so I'm trying to recreate it. I am all the way there (all models positioned right, etc) except for the lighting/shadows. (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Asking for RIS 2.0 patch under Windows XP
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I know what the answer to this one is! I solved the "A critical error has occurred" problem with Robotics Invention System 2.0 by uninstalling QuickTime and installing the QuickTime version from the RIS 2.0 disk. Don't forget to delete the (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: 59 days, 49 people
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(...) In celebration of my last task on the Brickfete website being completed for this event, I threw together a video of some of our work. The video contains obb, rtlToronto, bit of ParLUGment and some WHaCKoLUG stills and video clips of creations (...) (13 years ago, 31-May-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, FTX) !
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| | Re: new gear? - Column Gear
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(...) GEESH you two, you dont have to turn all the pretty decorative stuff into Technic, ya know!!!! Wink! Janey -never in a million years would I have seen "gear"- Red Brick (13 years ago, 31-May-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: new gear? - Column Gear
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(...) WOW!!!! A gear rack to go with the new Column gear! Very nice find Philo. ;) I have to go home and try this after work. Chris (13 years ago, 31-May-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: new gear? - Column Gear
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(...) Funny, if not utterly useful... (...) I guess it might mesh with good old 2877 'Brick 1 x 2 with Grille' (URL) as gear rack. (...) If it works (I have no column gear to test), 2877 shall be called the Gear Rack with Two Studs ;) Philo xfuted (...) (13 years ago, 31-May-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: Ninjago Red Castle
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(...) I haven't dropped by here in a while, but decided to take a look at some custom creations folks have been posting. Now, I want to get out my old lego parts again... Anyhow, this looks fantastic, Amado! I really like the quality of the photos (...) (13 years ago, 30-May-11, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| | Maersk Train in Australian stores?
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Just wondering if anyone has seen this in any Australian store? Preferably in Brisbane? I know Myer has had the steam train around sale times, but I thin that was about 12 months after it was released as an exclusive to the Lego webshop. (13 years ago, 30-May-11, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
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(...) Great, glad you like them! There are more colouring pictures here: (URL) some phonics worksheets and a maths worksheet. (URL) 3D Lego models and other resources from: (URL) (13 years ago, 30-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
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(...) I printed the pirate minifig on my laserprinter at work and it looks perfect. Ready to use as a coloring picture for the kids! Jaco (13 years ago, 30-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | 59 days, 49 people
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Fifty Nine Day's, Forty Nine People, 150 mini fig's (1) One of the best Lego Fan Parties ever: Priceless. For everything else, there is Brickfête. And now you know the score, we can let you in on a little schedule. The Schedule has been posted. (...) (13 years ago, 30-May-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb) !
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| | Re: My attempts to get a vector line drawing
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(...) I've been experimenting with generating these type of images for quite a while and so far come up a number of techniques. These are as follows: 1) Convert MLCAD model to DXF file using Rolf Redford's LdrDat2Dxf. Then use PoseRay to create a (...) (13 years ago, 29-May-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | new gear? - Column Gear
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After doing a bunch of sorting for/with Janey, I saw some boring non-technic part. Just some 2 x 2 round brick with ridges. (URL) some thinking. (and yes you could smell the wood smoke) I discovered this. (I'm sure other people have as well, but I'm (...) (13 years ago, 29-May-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: TRU sale May 27 - June 2
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(...) That's quite an interesting list. It looks like they're focusing on only the bigger markets though. The 3 Zellers stores closest to me aren't on the list (Hanover, Listowel and Owen Sound ON). These stores are in smaller communities, but draw (...) (13 years ago, 27-May-11, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | 2 Months till Brickfête
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We have some Cool activities and collaborative displays planned, Such as: JaC TraC A Nano HEX bug maze where registered members bring the maze pieces, assemble them and then release the BUGS! OBB Town Standard If you would like to add your creations (...) (13 years ago, 28-May-11, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.events, lugnet.loc.ca.on, lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment, FTX) !
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| | Boba Fett escapes Sarlacc
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(URL) As usual, click the pic for more details... AC (13 years ago, 27-May-11, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | TRU sale May 27 - June 2
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TRU flyer good from Friday May 27th through Thursday June 2nd. 20% off LEGO Kingdoms and Creator items. Excludes clearance, selection varies. Save $5 on all LEGO branded video games. Assorted prices depending on platform and age of the game. Walmart (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
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(...) The bug in LDView means that any sloped bricks that have LGEO versions won't work if they use a color not directly supported by LGEO. Your model used color 0x6FFFFFF (which is transparent full white) for at least one brick that contained a (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: Official LPub manual online
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Thank you both. Saso (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Leaning Tower of Pisa made out of LEGO bricks
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Architectural Engineering Students Build the Leaning Tower of Pisa On Wednesday morning, a group of ten engineering students from MSOE put the finishing touches on a five-foot-tall replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa made entirely out of LEGO. (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.us.wi.mil, FTX)
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Architectural Engineering Students Build the Leaning Tower of Pisa On Wednesday morning, a group of ten engineering students from MSOE put the finishing touches on a five-foot-tall replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa made entirely out of LEGO. (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.people, lugnet.fun, lugnet.loc.us.wi.mil, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Universe Opens Nexus Tower
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LEGO Universe Opens Nexus Tower Posted by Bjorn - May 23rd, 2011 The LEGO Group today announced the opening of the "Nexus Tower" in "LEGO Universe", which is claimed to be the largest in-game structure ever built. "As Nexus Tower opens its doors (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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| | Re: Official LPub manual online
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(...) In lugnet.cad, Saso Tomat wrote: (...) Hi Saso, You need to work with submodels and call those out. You should also apply Show submodels as parts in the PLI. Download the LDraw MPD (Multi Part Dat file): (URL) the PDF: (URL) you want to learn (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Group and X PRIZE Foundation Announce MoonBots 2.0 Challenge
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LEGO Group and X PRIZE Foundation Announce MoonBots 2.0 Challenge Published on May 25, 2011 By Andy Choi The MoonBots 2.0: A Google Lunar X Prize LEGO MINDSTORMS Challenge has been announced by the LEGO Group and the X PRIZE Foundation. This contest (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Emaar Properties and the LEGO® Group to launch Burj Khalifa Architecture Series model
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Emaar Properties and the LEGO® Group to launch Burj Khalifa Architecture Series model on May 25, 2011 Dubai, UAE; May 25, 2011: Emaar Properties has joined hands with the LEGO® Group to unveil the Architecture Series model of Burj Khalifa, the (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | LEGO Burj Khalifa is not a tall story
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LEGO Burj Khalifa is not a tall story. From The National.ae May 26, 2011. DUBAI - An architect who meticulously designed and built a 141,971-piece LEGO sculpture of the Burj Khalifa wants the model to serve as an inspiration to others. The 2.7m (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
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(...) I think that's awesome! Do you think that eventually you would tackle uninstalling? Even just aborting is very helpful though as the user then knows that they have to do some more investigation. (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
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(...) A new version is available at: (URL) checks if there is a C:\\ldraw folder and if found it looks if it contains Parts.lst. Otherwise it performs a search for Parts.lst in the user's program files folder. If found it warns the user that there (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
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Travis, cool, many thanks, will be able to test the file tomorrow. What can I do within LDraw to avoid this prob in future times? Thx, adrian (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: POVRay Error: lg_defs.inc
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(...) I got your email, tracked down the problem, and sent you a link to a test LDView build. Thanks again. For reference, LDView was referring to sloped brick faces using LGEO's _slope variant of the color even when the color wasn't a color (...) (13 years ago, 26-May-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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