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(...) ...and I have updated the (URL) visualLDconfig> to include these changes! (URL) Philo (13 years ago, 17-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Too, 2, two, to ......
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Two Weeks left 'till we close the Brickfête.com registration for AFOL's. (URL) After Friday July 1, we will not be able to sell you a ticket for the four day AFOL event. If you miss this, the only way you will be able to see all the cool stuff will (...) (13 years ago, 17-Jun-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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| | Classic Space Statin Revisited....
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You might have seen the original at a previous show-- (URL) I thought it needed a little improving for Brickfete... (URL) not totally done yet--I was constantly amazed that even after lots of BL orders and the like, I'm still short some of the (...) (13 years ago, 16-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.org.ca.parlugment)
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| | Re: Ideas for partbin group sorting
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(...) Current groups mostly work with filters, you can 'include' or 'exclude' stuff based upon category, keywords, description and name. But I'm open for other criteria, like stud count is very interesting :) (...) Thanks (13 years ago, 16-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ideas for partbin group sorting
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(...) Not exactly sorting and subclassing, but what about an edit box where you could enter filtering critera, like "1 x 2" or "diver" etc. By coincidence, this is exactly what my LDList program does :-) (URL) It allows search by number, name, (...) (13 years ago, 16-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ideas for partbin group sorting
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(...) <snip> (...) Yes that's what I was thinking too, but eventually I decided to make it 100% customizable, all groups are defined by ini files users themself can extend or change. All those groups are based on filtering rules or static part (...) (13 years ago, 16-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ideas for partbin group sorting
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(...) Parts aren't limited to a single group, you can have the same parts in multiple groups you can even use the same group in multiple places, e.g: bricks - 1 x n - 2 x n - technic bricks - all technic - gears - technic bricks As you could imagine (...) (13 years ago, 16-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ideas for partbin group sorting
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(...) Thanks this seems like a good starting point, I there a (practical) reason you didn't put slope bricks under bricks e.g.: bricks - plain - etc - slope - - 45 deg - - 33 deg The bin supports unlimited levels and you can use the same group in (...) (13 years ago, 16-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ideas for partbin group sorting
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(...) Hi, I can suggest that using subcategories to filter out parts could be the right way, even if you can first display all parts of a specified category, and let the user refine the search by filtering on subcategories. You may also consider (...) (13 years ago, 16-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ideas for partbin group sorting
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(...) I would like to see something that lets parts be in many groups instead of a strict hierarchy... so that, for example, a part could be in "circular", "rounded top" and "stud on top" all at the same time. (13 years ago, 16-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Ideas for partbin group sorting
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(...) --snip-- (...) Hi Roland, Had you considered having sub-categories? I'd love to see the following if you could. Bricks -Plain -Patterened -Modified -Panels Plates & Tiles -Plates -Tiles -Patterned tiles -Brackets Round parts -Cones -Dishes (...) (13 years ago, 15-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Ideas for partbin group sorting
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Hello all, I've been working on my LDraw editor during my vacation, and I'm wondering on how to populate the partbin by default. The general mechanics are done and I only need to 'sort' the library so it's handy to use during editing. I got the (...) (13 years ago, 15-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Export LDD to LDraw
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(...) I would create a temporary one line ldraw file that adjusts the origin by the desired x, y, and z values, and then inline that file. (13 years ago, 15-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ldd)
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| | LDConfig Update Posted
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LDConfig.ldr has been updated with four new colors: Dark_Azure Light_Aqua Metallic_Black Metallic_Dark_Gray By popular request, some of the original color values have been updated to colors more representative of the real bricks. Official download (...) (13 years ago, 13-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | The Love Boat in LEGO (Chicago Sun Times)
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(URL) (13 years ago, 13-Jun-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.build, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego mentioned in Foxtrot
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(...) (URL) Should probably cross-post to .mediawatch, too! JOHN (13 years ago, 13-Jun-11, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Lego mentioned in Foxtrot
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Lego bricks make an appearance in the June 12th comic Foxtrot www.foxtrot.com/comi...07eeb3.gif (13 years ago, 13-Jun-11, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO® Master Builder Academy (LMBA)
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LEGO® Master Builder Academy Puts Coveted Secrets of LEGO Master Builders in Hands of Children Nationwide A first-of-its kind premium subscription LEGO building experience for children ages 8 and older By LEGO Systems, Inc. ENFIELD, Conn., June 1, (...) (13 years ago, 12-Jun-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.build, lugnet.fun, FTX)
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| | NXT motor parameters
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Hi all, I came across Philippe Hurbain's excellent website sometime ago. On the Motor Internals page, there is a link that points to Ryo Watanabe's page containing information on NXT motor parameters. On that page, the torque constant (Kt) and (...) (13 years ago, 12-Jun-11, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Space Shuttle booster factory
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This year, for NALUG's annual train show, I've ended up building a weird custom train car to carry a Space Shuttle solid rocket booster (SRB), along with a factory to build the SRB's. Not exactly realistic, I know. :-) See: (URL) Gray (NALUG) (13 years ago, 11-Jun-11, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town)
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| | Re: Ukulele out of LEGO bricks?
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(...) It sounds much, much better than I would have expected. :-) Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 9-Jun-11, to lugnet.build.sculpture, lugnet.build.schleim)
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| | Re: LEGO Kof mit Schleim!
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(...) Cool! Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 9-Jun-11, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc)
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| | TRU sale June 10-16
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Flyers good from Friday June 10th through Thursday June 16th. TRU: "Join us on Saturday June 18th from noon-2 pm and build a LEGO race car with your Dad! While they last. Max. 100 per store." All LEGO atlantis, Technic and Basic construction items (...) (13 years ago, 9-Jun-11, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: Star Wars Helmet Rebel
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(...) Yep... and it is not even available in LDD (AFAIK - Maybe I missed it??? That would be the easiest solution) For the record: design number of this shape is 30370. (...) Quite explainable, this part is really complex to build. And 3D scanner (...) (13 years ago, 9-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Kamino Cloning Facility
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(...) Nice work! Play well, Jacob (13 years ago, 9-Jun-11, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | Kamino Cloning Facility
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(2 URLs) As usual, click the pics for more details! AC (13 years ago, 9-Jun-11, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.build, lugnet.announce.moc, FTX)
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| | Re: Google, Apple, Disney, BMW and LEGO are the World's Most Reputable Companies
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(...) LOL Sony top 10 I guess this survey wasn't done in the last couple of months. ROSCO (13 years ago, 9-Jun-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | Star Wars Helmet Rebel
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Hi everybody, I'm sure this has already been asked a million times before, but the Star Wars Rebel Helmet Rebel (x164 serie on Peeron) haven't been modeled anywhere yet. I did give it a try but as I'm only starting authoring parts since a couple of (...) (13 years ago, 8-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Mercedes-Benz and LEGO Partner to Celebrate Unimog U 400
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Mercedes-Benz and LEGO® Partner to Celebrate Unimog THE FIRST DO-IT-YOURSELF UNIMOG U400 WILL BE ON OFFER FROM LEGO BEGINNING IN AUGUST 2011 Anyone who always dreamed of owning his own Unimog now has the chance to put one in his garage: The first (...) (13 years ago, 8-Jun-11, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | Google, Apple, Disney, BMW and LEGO are the World's Most Reputable Companies
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Google, Apple, Disney, BMW and LEGO are the World's Most Reputable Companies According to Consumers Across 15 Countries NEW YORK, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL) share the top spot in a study of the world's most reputable (...) (13 years ago, 8-Jun-11, to lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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| | LIT Attendee
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If the OBB member that just attended the LEGO Inside Tour (LIT) would please contact me by email it would be very much appreciated. Thank you! (13 years ago, 8-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.obb)
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| | Re: LDraw-Pattern-Creator (LPC) [DAT]
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(...) Hi Reuben! Thank you for hosting my program on your web space, for promoting my program to other part authors and Thanks to J.C. Tchang for writing this great manual! I am still working on the LPC. Here is my TODO-List: - To write a (...) (13 years ago, 7-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Dave's not-a-bot
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(...) It's "mustard" ya returd.... (URL) JOHN (13 years ago, 7-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw-Pattern-Creator (LPC)
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(...) J.C. Tchang has kindly put a manual together for the LDraw-Pattern-Creator. At the moment this is only available in French. I have added some links to the manual on the following page: (URL) can browse the manual online or you can download a (...) (13 years ago, 7-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Dave's not-a-bot
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(...) speaking of musturd.... (Excuse me, but) do you have any grey poupon? enfrancais... (pardonnez-mois, mais) avez-vous des poupon gris? Ben (13 years ago, 7-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Dave's not-a-bot
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(...) Google translate just isn't up to translating "Hey Mister!!!" Here's what I got Excuse-moi, monsieur, votre robot pue .........manque de qualité .........n'est pas bon .........ne peut pas couper la moutarde or maybe .........aspire or maybe (...) (13 years ago, 7-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Dave's not-a-bot
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(...) I'll take that bet! I'll be OLD school Canadiens vs Leafs. And by old school, I'm talking Pre-1968. As for your last comment, All the French I learned was when I was in St. Nazair France, so Its "ship builder French" Lets see if I can do this: (...) (13 years ago, 6-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Dave's not-a-bot
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(...) LMAO, hey misters, I have had a bit of a look at what QueLUG builds, and there are a few very talented robot guys in that group... so if I were you both, I would watch my smack, or they might put all of rtlToronto to shame. Just saying! Janey (...) (13 years ago, 6-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Friday, come out to watch dave cry - was: Re: Dave's not-a-bot
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Come one, come all to the Annual rtlToronto June Dinner. That's right folks, step right up for this Lego Fan Dinner that we have once a year. Only in June do we have the June Dinner. This year we will be having chicken at Swiss Chalet, and maybe (...) (13 years ago, 6-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: Dave's not-a-bot
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(...) Chris throws some random words into a LUGNET post in order to appear to do this smack talk thing.... Really Chris? Smack talk?? Faking an e-mail from me?? Really?? You reached that far to try smack talk?? Really??? And this tug o' war thing?? (...) (13 years ago, 6-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: LDraw-Pattern-Creator (LPC)
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Looks impressive. I'll give it a try with a patterned part I want. Jaco (13 years ago, 6-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) Could be an effect of the 'ambient' value for the transparent colors. If you look at the pov file I sent you, you can see that I have used the following for color47: #declare Color47 = #if (version >= 3.1) material { #end texture { pigment { (...) (13 years ago, 5-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) Thanks for the tips... I used LDView to conver, and got a render that's much closer to the original. However I've got one niggling difference that's bugging me. The transparent colors seem "lighter" somehow, meaning that the interiors of (...) (13 years ago, 5-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | June 18th, 2011 SMART Meeting in Woodinville library
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Due to the amount of interest expressed at the last meeting, we'll be having a SMART meeting this month: on June 18th, at the Woodinville Library from 2 to 5pm. They only have a single meeting room, to the left in the lobby. The purpose of the (...) (13 years ago, 4-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.us.smart)
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| | Dave's not-a-bot
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Dave Koudys, sent me a private e-mail. He said He could not post to Lugnet. (just like I get from Steve, and Jeff) So, On behalf of Dave Koudys: ---...---snip------- "Chris, I can not post to Lugnet, can you send this to all my friends at (...) (13 years ago, 4-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: new gear? - Column Gear
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(...) Philo you were right! The new Column Gear meshes perfectly with the newly named Gear Rack with Two Studs. (GRWTS)(1) These are deep links to the new MOCup (3 URLs) The nice feature about the newly named Gear Rack with Two Studs (GRWTS) is that (...) (13 years ago, 4-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.technic, FTX)
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| | Re: new gear? - Column Gear
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(...) Note that the studs are not fluted like the rest of the round brick, and even though they are not fully round on the outer surfaces, they _do_ stick out past the fluting below them. This means that, while you may be right that this could be (...) (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) --snip-- (...) To take a stab at it: * The light is very high. You'll have to tweak its angle. * If you use an area_light you'll probably get the soft shadow edges * Reflection is turned off or very low * The ground has a fairly high ambience, (...) (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: May
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(...) Thanks, Janey:-) JOHN (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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| | Re: LEGO Kof mit Schleim!
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(...) Gahh! Well, they have been moderated now. Enjoy. JOHN (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) Received and replied with a zip of the .pov file and accompanying images. The settings for the brighter render is probably in the out-commented light settings in the .pov file (and without radiosity) - I don't know for sure, I fiddled so much (...) (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: LEGO Kof mit Schleim!
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(...) Deeplinks, Brother John, Deeplinks! (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) Hi Anders! I sent a note requesting it to the address shown in your post, is it still correct? Mine is, so you can use that one to send it. I really like the way that image looks (as well as the next one in the Brickshelf gallery) so would be (...) (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | LDraw-Pattern-Creator (LPC)
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Hi everyone, I recently made contact with Nils Schmidt [BlackBrick89], and he kindly sent me a copy of the source code for his LDraw-Pattern-Creator (LPC) program. I've compiled a copy of the code and put some links on my website where you can (...) (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad)
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| | LEGO Kof mit Schleim!
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(URL) After reading about this locomotive in an article written by Tim David in (URL) RAILBRICKS 8> and seeing (URL) version> built by Gavyn Rogers, I decided to give it a go. After all, it is the only true LEGO locomotive. (URL) I used pics that I (...) (13 years ago, 3-Jun-11, to lugnet.build.schleim, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX) !
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| | Re: May
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(...) Wow, sounds like you have been busy, looking forward to the pics. The trolley is awesome, love the use of the fences and the shaping you did around the front, and the lower part of the sides. Cheers, Janey "Red Brick" (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.trains.org.tcltc, FTX)
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| | Re: LDraw All-In-One-Installer 2010-03 beta
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(...) works"... I was rendering in POV in no time flat (as soon as I brought the specific .pov and .inc files I needed over) Thanks. (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) If I understand it correctly, 'ambient' is what you see if all lights are off. I usually turn this down very low (zero). 'Diffuse' is reflected light from other surfaces, you'd want quite a lot of that. (...) Yes, I think the default (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) Actually, the sum of *all* your lights should not be too much over <1,1,1> as some parts of the image may be saturated. I usually use 0.5-0.7 for the *brightest* light, and 0.1-0.3 for filler lights. Remember it's easy to modify light (...) (13 years ago, 2-Jun-11, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | Re: How would you do it?
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(...) How bright is "not too bright"? These lights don't obey the r**2 law like real lights do, right? I noticed that if I have several rgb<1,1,1> lights the scene seems "overilluminated" Do you use .5 or so for the not too bright ones? (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 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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| | How would you do it?
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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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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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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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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