 | | Perth Adult Lego Society Has A Home!
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Hi All, I've been playing around with Google Sites and put together a little something for the Perth Adult Lego Society... (URL) a look at the 2009 layout for some of our work in progress. I still have lots of pics to add so check back for new (...) (16 years ago, 2-Feb-09, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.announce)
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Nominations closing at the end of the month
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Hi folks, As outlined here: (URL) for the 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee election will close at the end of the month, at 11:59 PM GMT on 28 February 2009 and elections will start the 1st of March. Only those candidates that have been (...) (16 years ago, 1-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw.org's January 2009 Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the January 2009 Part Of The Month (POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Animal Monkey (Complete) by Andrew Westrate (westrate)> (URL) POTM - Most Desired Part, Minifig Hat Fedora by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> The (...) (16 years ago, 1-Feb-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Brickworld - Train Drag Racing
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team is pleased to announce a new competition for this year's event. Train Drag Racing Preregistration for the competition is requested. There are four competition classes. Check out all the (...) (16 years ago, 28-Jan-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld Welcome
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The Brickworld Team welcomes new coordinators and new sponsors to the team this year. For the 2009 event, Mark Peterson, Roy Cook, David Pagano, and Tom Philips have joined the team. Mark Peterson will be (...) (16 years ago, 27-Jan-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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| | Hispabrick 003 in english!
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As a member of Hispalug community, our spanish tongue LUG, I'm very proud to present the third issue of Hispabrick Magazine, that has been translated from Spanish into English and is now available for download. It's made with LEGO love, of course, (...) (16 years ago, 26-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | MINDSTORMS SDK2.5
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(URL) The LEGO Company does no longer offer technical support to advanced users on the historical MINDSTORMS range, specifically those using the SDK 2.5 (RCX™ and Scout™), and Spybotics™ range. Related tools and documentation were removed from (...) (16 years ago, 22-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.robotics, FTX)
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| | Bricksmith 2.1: A Step Up
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 2.1> adds the following features: Step rotations (MLCad ROTSTEPs) Streamlined Step Display UI Moved file outline to the main window Improved line appearance Toolbar buttons for Part Browser, Inspector, and Colors It also fixes (...) (16 years ago, 21-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX) !
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| | arezey's LDraw page up
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I've set up the site for my LDraw things, currently it has my plusgen tool, some models and copies of parts in the PT. There will be more content as I make it! I'm looking for a permanent host for it, and am currently hosting it on my own computer, (...) (16 years ago, 20-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Mosaic Conversion Program
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Hi all, I recently rewrote my program to convert images to a LEGO- or ministeck-mosaic. You can find a complete discription of how it works on (URL) my webpage>. I'll have to make a (big) new mosaic with it soon, don't you think... Thanks for (...) (16 years ago, 18-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build, lugnet.build.mosaic, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LDCalc 0.1.0.5 released
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I have just finished version 0.1.0.5 of LDCalc. The changes are: Some minor interal changes. Now it should work on ALL systems (windows, linux, mac) where Mono ((URL) is installed. As I do not have a mac system I can not test it there so I need your (...) (16 years ago, 17-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | New setup tutorial for LDraw and MLCad
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Hi folks, I have written a new tutorial that will teach you how to set up a simple LDraw system with the MLCad editor and the new LDraw Parts Library. (URL) writing it I had in mind newbies with little or no experience with LDraw and hopefully the (...) (16 years ago, 15-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.mlcad) !
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| | Brick Bash 2009
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Brick Bash 2009 will take place on Saturday, March 21, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Brick Bash is a one-day public LEGO exhibition (as opposed to an AFOL convention). We have exhibits of AFOL creations, piles of LEGO, free robotics lessons, and lots of (...) (16 years ago, 14-Jan-09, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | James Jessiman Memorial Award for 2008 awarded to Philippe (Philo) Hurbain
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The SteerCo is pleased to announce that the James Jessiman Memorial Award (JJMA) for 2008 will be awarded to Philippe (Philo) Hurbain. As a prolific contributor to the LDraw Parts Library, Philo has contributed not only numerous parts but has also (...) (16 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, lugnet.people) !!
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| | LDraw.org's December 2008 Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winner of the December 2008 Part Of The Month (POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Animal Frog by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> (URL) POTM - Most Desired Part, Tyre 62.4 x 20 S by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> The voting for the (...) (16 years ago, 12-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, FTX)
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| | Brickworld 2009 Registration Open
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(URL) Share - Learn - Discover - Explore Hello Everyone!! We at Brickworld are thrilled to be bringing another event to the community. We continue to add to the event, making it more rewarding for the attendees. Some of the highlights of Brickworld (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jan-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !!
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee: List of candidates
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Hi folks, I have put together a summary of the LDraw Steering Committee (SteerCo) candidates for your reference. I’ll do my best to keep it up to date as new nominations or acceptances are coming in. You can find it at: (URL) are listed in (...) (16 years ago, 9-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw.org Steering Committee: Call for Nominations
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Per the LDraw.org Bylaws at (URL) Subsection 6.03(a), the 2008/2009 Steering Committee hereby calls for the community to nominate individuals as candidates for the 2009/2010 Steering Committee[1]. Please post nominations in response to this message. (...) (16 years ago, 8-Jan-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | *** LDView Version 4.0 Released ***
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LDView 4.0 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) Please note that the translations have not yet been updated to work with this release, and translations created for version 3.2 will refuse to load. Some notable (...) (16 years ago, 7-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | SCLTC winter show in progress
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The seventh annual Southern California LEGO Train Club ((URL)) winter show at the San Diego Model Railroad Museum ((URL) SDMRRM>) in Balboa Park in San Diego is now entering its final weeks. This year’s show features a city with skyscrapers, town, (...) (16 years ago, 6-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !!
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| | BrickFest '09 Registration is open!
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(URL) Hi All, Just letting you all know that Registration is now open. Hope to see you all there! SteveB <www.BrickFest.com> (16 years ago, 4-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.trains, lugnet.town, lugnet.castle, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | NALUG at GETS 2008
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I've just finished doing web pages with pictures from NALUG's display at the Great Edmonton Train Show last September. Some of the stuff repeats from the 2007 show, but since we still don't have web pages for that year, it will be new to anyone who (...) (16 years ago, 3-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.loc.ca.ab.edm, lugnet.loc.ca.ab, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.trains)
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| | New website: www.binarybricks.nl
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Hi all, First of all, best wishes for 2009! I started my new website www.binarybricks.nl on January 1st. On the Dutch site are hints, tips and tricks for LDraw and lessons an tutorials. There is also a Dutch guide for installing LDraw on a PC. (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce)
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| | New Ldraw parts authors tool: Rectifier
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(URL) This new utility optimizes a LDraw file by converting adjacent triangles into quads and transforms rhombuses bordered with lines into rect primitives. Program, documentation, source code are available (URL) here>. (URL) Applied on the above (...) (16 years ago, 1-Jan-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Wish You All a Merry Little Christmas...
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Dear Friends of LUGNET, 2008 is nearing its end, and I would like to take the time to thank you all for your enthusiasm in being a part of the AFOL community in general and LUGNET in particular. For you and your families, loved ones and friends, I (...) (16 years ago, 23-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | L(EGO)Draw parts - 2nd batch
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Hi folks, as an early X-Mas present the LEGO Universe Team has shared another batch of part shapes with the community, with the purpose to make them fit for the LDraw Parts Tracker. This time the focus is on Minifig Headgear but there are also some (...) (16 years ago, 20-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce)
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| | Classic-Castle's Colossal Castle Contest submissions open
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Colossal Castle Contest submissions are now open! Technical difficulties have been fixed and you can now (URL) submit your entries>. If you are interested in learning more about Classic-Castle's signature annual contest, please see (URL) the contest (...) (16 years ago, 16-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.contests, FTX)
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| | AFOL survey by LEGO community team
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I don't know if this been posted on LUGNET. I saw this other fan sites. (URL) The LEGO Group Wants to Hear From You! As Adult Fans of LEGO, you bring an important perspective to the LEGO Group. We respect your creativity and passion for our brand. (...) (16 years ago, 11-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce) !!
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| | BayLUG in the News
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Well, I'm a little disappointed. Much of what is said in the article is not what I said in the interview. Oh well. Below is the link and the article should be in print in today's Chronicle in the "96 Hours" section. (URL) (16 years ago, 11-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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| | Call for event graphic submissions
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BrickFest ’09 - Portland, OR - March 27-29th, 2009 The BrickFest ’09 team invites the creative designers and artists of the AFOL community to submit graphic ideas/artwork for the official BrickFest ‘09 event graphic. It will be used on items such (...) (16 years ago, 10-Dec-08, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.org, lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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| | Creator Adventcalender 2004 - Xmas Blog
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Hi all, On December 1 I started a (Dutch) blog for the Creator Adventcalender from 2004. It features full building instructions for the daily model, its alternative model and downloadable LDR and PDF files. As of today, December 8 there is an (...) (16 years ago, 10-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Shipping LEGO to Brickfest (and other places)
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All- Having taken MOCs as large as whole LTC layouts from LA to BrickFests in DC and LA to PDX, I have some experience in the matter. I made a recent discovery that may interest some of you. Turns out that to ship 255 pounds of LEGO in a $200 (...) (16 years ago, 6-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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| | Little Blue Thing - lol idk
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Little Blue Thing: lol, idk... :) (URL) When I built this last night, I didn't think it was anything to write home about, but the more I add little improvements to it, the more I thought it would be nice to share it and bring it to your attention, (...) (16 years ago, 4-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.space, lugnet.build.mecha, FTX) !
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| | LDraw.org's November 2008 Part of the Month Winner
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Congratulations to the winner of the November 2008 Part Of The Month (POTM) contest: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Wheel 62.4 x 20 by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> (URL) POTM - Most Desired Part, Wheel 62.4 x 20 by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> The voting for the (...) (16 years ago, 4-Dec-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | *** LDView Version 4.0 Beta 1 Released ***
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LDView 4.0 Beta 1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) This is a Beta release, which means that I’m hoping to get as much feedback as possible. This also means that it is likely not as stable as a final release, (...) (16 years ago, 2-Dec-08, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | Brickmania launches Custom Instructions Club + New Forum
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BRICKMANIA INSTRUCTIONS CLUB The club is a subscription service that includes access to new sets of customs instructions to be released each month. On December 1, 2008 I will release my first new set of instructions for the StuG III mechanized (...) (16 years ago, 24-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Temporary Outages Today...
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Hi all, depending on from where in the world you connect to the net, you may have experienced access issues with LUGNET today, starting around 7 a.m. GMT and lasting to approx. 3 p.m. GMT (literally as I write this). The reason for this was a (...) (16 years ago, 21-Nov-08, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Vignette - Pirates in 2008.
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Is this the true face of the pirates who have seized the Supertanker off the coast of Kenya? (URL) Dr. S. (16 years ago, 18-Nov-08, to lugnet.build.vignette, lugnet.announce, lugnet.pirates)
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| | 2008/2009 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) - New committee
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Hi folks, since only 5 people have accept their nomination in response to this message: (URL) volunteer for the job the election itself has become obsolete. Congratulations to the new LDraw Standards Committee members (in alphabetical order by last (...) (16 years ago, 18-Nov-08, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | 2009 AFOL Event Schedule
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Hey all, this is Andrew, one of the 2008/2009 Lego Ambassadors and Administrator over at BZPower. Lego Community Development Manager Jan Beyer recently contacted me with a task that I need everyone's help on. LEGO and their community team would like (...) (16 years ago, 17-Nov-08, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, lugnet.ambassadors)
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