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(...) I don't need the WINDING UNKNOWN, since it's redundant with CLIPPING OFF. When clipping is OFF you don't care the state of the winding. I am curious, what is CLIPPING -1 ? an UNKNOWN, CLIPPING when not found is assumed as OFF (the safe side), (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) touche'! (...) Not exactly! If the color has any transparency, force CLIPPING OFF, irrespective of what the file TAGS inform. (SIDE NOTE) when using the tag 0 CLIPPING ON you are not informing the program that it MUST do clipping, but instead (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) "Something amazing took place in an enormous aircraft hanger in Bedfordshire over the weekend of 5th-6th June 1999: A team made up of 12 expert K'NEX model builders and pupils of Lower Campton School set a new world record by constructing the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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(...) That is how eBay does it, I believe. However, Larry (among others, myself included) feels that you should be required to exceed the proxy by the minimum bid, not just the current bid. I'll let Larry explain the reasoning behind this, he's (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) My initial thought was "Why?", but of course the next couple of posts displayed the creative energy of this group and contained several good answers to my question. For range finding using the laser wouldn't monitoring the intensity of the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) I think that the ideia here is: - Assume any file you reference as CCW WINDING (assuming CCW as default) - Assume any file as it's polygonal faces facing outward (if applicable) - Every time you want a diferent orientation, just use the INVERT (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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On Wed, 6 Oct 1999 18:15:40 GMT, Rui Martins <Rui.Martins@link.pt> wrote: Follow-up note: the more I look at this, the more I like using WINDING / CLIPPING instead of FACE. For reasons listed by Rui, for more flexibility, for the ability to enable (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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i assume that i will be able to make a small lego robot that hunts for annoying dogs in the neiborhood and vaproizes them. i demand no less. b ---...--- (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | [MN] - Animals (Horses, Dragons, Alligaotrs, Etc.) Posted to eBay/BRICKS
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My Animal lots have been posted to the auction sites. The following are on the BRICKS site: (URL) 9 Brown Horses [PIC] 04 days 23 hours + 0 $8.75 [MN] 5 Black Octopus (Octopi?) [PIC] 04 days 23 hours + 0 $3.50 [MN] 5 Black Octopus (Octopi?) [PIC] 04 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) No, thank you! (...) I don't know if I knew you knew that, but I was almost positive you knew that. And I knew most everyone else knew that, but I wasn't sure absolutely everyone knew that. ;) (...) Right. New programs may handle transparency (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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Hey fellow Adventurers fans I am looking to get scans from some back issues of Lego Mania magazines. I am specifically looking to get scans of the Adventurers' comics from the following issues: Jan-Feb 1998 Nov-Dec 1998 Jan-Feb 1999 Jul-Aug 1999 If (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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Andy Gombos <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> wrote in message news:37FE04DD.CA5505...nfi.net... (...) Maybe you could use it to blind people or pets. (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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I think a laser would be very useful for vaporizing pesky obstacles, I'd like mine to be a CO2 @ 50 Watts please....Blue bricks would be just fine :>)) Seriously, a laser might be an interesting source of light for a homing beacon. I don't know if I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Now I am no fan of Ebay but here is one possible scenario as to how this could have happened... 1. Opening bid on box of 20 widgets = $30 2. On 9/30 pmfoster bids $50 but because of proxy bidding price is set at $30. 3. On 10/5 ebart3 comes in (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.theory)
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I don't think so. It looks like it has too much detail to be made out of bricks. What we need is a better scan. KL (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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no -----Original Message----- From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway...net.com]On Behalf Of Mike Walsh Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 6:47 AM To: lugnet.market.shoppi...ugnet.com; lugnet.trains@lugnet.com Subject: Re: Blue Hopper Car (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I was just pointing out that the clippability of transparent surfaces is a feature of the rendering program, and shouldn't be assumed in the description language. Steve (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Checking the order of points in a file should not depend on checking the inversion or subfiles for the file. That's why we've been talking about the 0 FACE UNKNOWN -- so parts of files can be fixed, even if the entire file can't be addressed. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) the (...) How about the Lost Continent of Atlantis? If you are going to find a lost civilization why not the mother of all legends. As for woolly mammoths I am not going to disagree that they would be a cool addition, and while we are wishing (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.adventurers)
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(...) My point is more about what the article says and doesn't say about the sensitivity of real caves in the real world. The mania magazine pictures are of real caves. Mining a real cave would be akin to mining Yosemite. Followups to (...) (25 years ago, 8-Oct-99, to lugnet.space, lugnet.starwars)
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