 | | Edger2 update
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(URL) Primitives such as partial cylinders or spheres have conditional lines on edge. For cylinders, these integrated conditional lines are expected to match a tangent plane, for spheres they match a joining cylinder. If you try to join something (...) (14 years ago, 24-Sep-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | Robot Competition at BrickCon 2010
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This year's robot competition at BrickCon will be a racing competition. Build and program a robot able to race around an irregularly shaped gradient track while avoiding obstacles on the track. The track is approximately two feet wide, with black in (...) (14 years ago, 16-Sep-10, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.org.us.smart, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | L(EGO)Draw parts - 4th batch
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Hi folks, 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. As usual I have uploaded them to my webspace (the upload module at LDraw.org would have me (...) (14 years ago, 10-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Call for Flight-Related MOCs
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On October 10, 2010, Bricks for Brains will be presenting an exhibit at the grand opening of the Yankee Air Museum's new facility at Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti, MI. In addition to a hands-on pile of LEGO for museum visitors to play with, we (...) (14 years ago, 8-Sep-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.town)
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| | How to identify the collectable minifigures
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Posted earlier in the General group, I think it is nice to mention here too that I have written a little HTML page with some JavaScript to identify the collectable minifigs using my old PDA and barcode scanner. You can read about and download it at: (...) (14 years ago, 8-Sep-10, to lugnet.announce)
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| | Last Call for Presentations at BrickCon 2010
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There is a still a little time left to give a talk, moderate a roundtable, or run an activity at BrickCon 2010. Registered attendees can contact Thomas Garrison by Saturday, September 11, with a title and abstract to make it on the schedule before (...) (14 years ago, 7-Sep-10, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | New MLCad basic tutorial
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Hi, I can't think of a place more inappropriate for this announcement considering the high talented people visiting these groups. Anyway, here: (URL) find a new basic tutorial for MLCad. It has been fought as substitute for the outdated tutorial by (...) (14 years ago, 4-Sep-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.announce) !
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| | Train motors comparison
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(URL) The 9V, RC and Power Functions train motors compete around a track under close scrutiny of an on-board NXT... Complete test results (URL) here>. Enjoy! Philo (14 years ago, 31-Aug-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | LEGOLAND California Ambassador Class 2010 BI
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LEGOLAND California's Ambassador Pass Master Model Builder classes start today for the 2010 season. While I'm not a passholder, I have seen examples of past work, and I have to say that I think Gary has "outdone the brand" this year. This year's (...) (14 years ago, 20-Aug-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Hispabrick Magazine 008 Released
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It's that time again:we are happy to announce the release of Hispabrick Magazine 008 In this issue you will find some articles and interviews about MINDSTORMS, an article reviewing the history of the Space line, the review of the new [b]10213 - (...) (14 years ago, 28-Jul-10, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | GPQ - Generation: Puppy Quad
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(URL) Generation: Puppy Quad A cyber mech fusion between Pilot and Animal Robot. (URL) Complete with Energy Core and Transformation Mode. (2 URLs) MOCpages.com> (URL) Brickshelf.com> Enjoy! Eric Sophie LUGNET Member #1051 (14 years ago, 23-Jul-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, FTX) !
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| | Re: LDraw.org 2010-02 Parts Update **IMPORTANT REVISION**
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(...) The version of mklist.exe packaged with the early versions of this download was not able to cope with long filenames, and running it would not have updated your parts list. With a fast response from Don Heyse (the author of mklist) the (...) (14 years ago, 9-Jul-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | MLCad.ini 2010-02 Update Now Available
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Hi, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2010-02. The .ini file defines (among other things) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: (URL) w. (14 years ago, 5-Jul-10, to lugnet.cad.mlcad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw.org 2010-02 Parts Update Now Available
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The 2010-02 LDraw parts update has been now been released. This update includes 950 files in the core library, including 471 new parts, and many more files updated with improvements for Back Face Culling support. A further 10 parts have been (...) (14 years ago, 5-Jul-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad) !!
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| | Motors comparison page updated
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Hi all, I just updated my motors comparison page to include the RC train motor and the new Power Functions train motor (much improved as you'll see). (URL) Motors comparison page> (2 URLs) Philo (14 years ago, 29-Jun-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.technic, lugnet.robotics, FTX) !
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.6
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Today I have uploaded the last build of DATHeader to (URL) hope you like the new features and bugfixes. If you have any ideas, remarks, suggestions, claims - please let me know. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 21-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.6
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Today I have uploaded the last build of DATHeader to (URL) hope you like the new features and bugfixes. If you have any ideas, remarks, suggestions, claims - please let me know. cu mikeheide (14 years ago, 21-Jun-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Bricksmith 2.4: Faster. Much Faster.
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 2.4> adds the following features: Drawing speed improvements of up to 1200% 64-bit native on Mac OS X 10.6 Viewports fill their entire frame Supports displaying the newly-standardized direct RGB color syntax Supports displaying (...) (14 years ago, 14-Jun-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | Perth Model Railway Show 2010 Pics
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Hi All, The Perth Model Railway Show was a huge success! 40,000 people through the doors and most of them crowding around our display! Take a look at my pics here... (URL) visit our site... (URL) Adult Lego Society. (14 years ago, 12-Jun-10, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.loc.au.wa.per, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | CONTEST - BricksNorth needs a logo.‏
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Posted on Behalf of Jenn Wagner (jenn@thebrickchick.com) BricksNorth where: Downtown Toronto, Ontario Canada at the Delta Chelsea Hotel. when: August 25-28th, 2011 Hello everybody!! Some of you may have heard that Canada will be getting a LEGO fan (...) (14 years ago, 9-Jun-10, to lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.loc.ca.on, FTX)
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| | Brickworld - Esther Walner Memorial Charity Auction
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover 2010: Bricks In Space Brickworld is only a couple weeks away and you are helping us set records with this year's event already with a massive 795 registered attendees. While this is incredible, the one record (...) (14 years ago, 2-Jun-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | LETGUI update
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Hi all, I have updated LETGUI to support the latest tools created by Philo ((URL) and (URL) can find the latest version of LETGUI at (URL) is a complete install for windows systems with all tools in one installer. For Linux user I have now also (...) (15 years ago, 25-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | Updates of LDraw tool for parts authors
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I have updated several of my LDraw tool for parts authors: (URL) PlanarCheck>: corrected a bug that caused agressive rounding. (URL) Rectifier>: new -t option allowing to choose the maximum angle formed by two triangles being merged into a quad. (...) (15 years ago, 25-May-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | New LDraw tool for parts authors: SymSplitter
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(2 URLs) SymSplitter> is the tool of choice when you want to exploit symmetries in a LDraw file to reduce its size. You may use it to separate left/right/middle parts, cut parts by planes, and adjust vertices coordinates to make sure they lie (...) (15 years ago, 25-May-10, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | personal OMR (now 940 models)
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I just updated 3 models and added 25 new models to my OMR. You can find that at (URL) you find errors, please let me know so I can correct that. have fun mikeheide (15 years ago, 22-May-10, to lugnet.cad.dat.models, lugnet.announce)
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| | New (old) Tool - Primitive Generator 2
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Today I am proud to annouce the release of Primitive Genenerator 2. Based on the work of Paul Easter's Primitive Generator I have created Primitive Genenerator 2. Now that the sourcecode is available again we can add functions and primitives to that (...) (15 years ago, 16-May-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickworld - Keynote Speaker Plus...
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover 2010: Bricks In Space A lot has been happening lately as we prepare for Brickworld 2010!!! We have a wonderful Keynote Speaker from the upper management of LEGO lined up for the event: Lisbeth Valther (...) (15 years ago, 4-May-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | New Feature added to BrickBuildr
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I wanted to announce a new feature to iPaB. Now on the summary page for each LEGO store, you can download the PaB summary page to a CSV file. This feature comes to you from a suggestion by the 1000steine.de AFOL, Ronald -- you have him to thank. (...) (15 years ago, 9-Apr-10, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | LDraw.org colour restrictions and specifications ratified
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Hi folks, The LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) has just unanimously ratified changes to official colour restrictions and specifications. This means, that: Direct colours, i.e. 0x02RRGGBB colour values, are now officially recognized. Blended colours, (...) (15 years ago, 2-Apr-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Hispabrick Magazine 007
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(URL) It's that time again:we are happy to announce the release of Hispabrick Magazine 007 In this issue you will find some great articles about Technic, part 6 of an ongoing series of MINDSTORMS related articles, an interview with Michael Lachman, (...) (15 years ago, 1-Apr-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.publish, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, FTX) !
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| | Brickworld - Build On The Spot Challenge
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover 2010: Bricks In Space The Brickworld Team has arranged to create and execute our second annual Build On-The-Spot (BOTS) challenge at this year’s event. This challenge will be completed in addition to the (...) (15 years ago, 30-Mar-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.5
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Today I have released the new version 3.0.5.0 of DATHeader. Sorry for all linux guys, it does not work under MONO. For all other it might be worth to have a look to the new features. You will find the details and a download link on (URL) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickworld - Premiere Item
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover 2010: Bricks In Space Brickworld is excited to announce that Jonathan Bender, author of "LEGO - A Love Story" will be attending Brickworld this year. (URL) In honor of this, we have made arrangements with his (...) (15 years ago, 28-Mar-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Michiana-LTC to display at St. Joseph Valley Railroad Club Swap Meet - Sunday, March 21st, 2010
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Type: Train Show and Swap Meet Date: Sunday, March 21, 2010 Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm Location: BPOE Lodge 235 Address: 3535 McKinley Ave, South Bend, IN The Saint Joe Valley Model Railroad club sponsors two swap meets a year. At our meet you will see (...) (15 years ago, 19-Mar-10, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.us.in, lugnet.org.us.michiana-lug, lugnet.announce)
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| | GMLTC to display at La Crosse & Three Rivers Model Railroad Show
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(URL) The Greater Midwest LEGO Train Club will be showing this weekend at the La Crosse & Three Rivers Railroad Club 29th Annual Model Railroad Show. Come see the GMLTC’s 18’x30’ ever-expanding modular all-LEGO town & 9V train layout. Judy & Bill (...) (15 years ago, 16-Mar-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.us.mn, lugnet.loc.us.wi, FTX)
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| | Brickworld - 2010 Event Kits & Preorder
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover 2010: Bricks In Space Brickworld is happy to announce that we have designed 2, yes, TWO classic space themed event kits for the 2010 event. The kits are: Moon Rover (URL) Speedster Spaceship (URL) These kits (...) (15 years ago, 11-Mar-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | Fourth Kostky.org exhibition
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Hi, I'd like to inform you that fourth Kostky.org exhibition will start on March 20 in Roztoky (about 15 kms north of Prague). More information is here: (URL) just came back from the first building weekend and I must say I was impressed by the (...) (15 years ago, 8-Mar-10, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | BrickMagic: Motorized LEGO Boat Race
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This is a call for participation in a Motorized LEGO Boat Race to be held at BrickMagic - a LEGO Fan event in Raleigh, North Carolina on May 7, 8, and 9, 2010 - Mother’s Day weekend! I had posted (URL) the rules> awhile back & they have worked well (...) (15 years ago, 3-Mar-10, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | LUGNET Group on Facebook
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Hi all, when browsing Facebook recently, I realized that quite a few LUGNET folks are active networkers there as well. Not sure what it may be good for in the long run, but I took the opportunity and created a LUGNET group on Facebook - it is (...) (15 years ago, 2-Mar-10, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | AFOL A Blocumentary (video)
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A very good documentary about the LEGO hobby. AFOL A Blocumentary Directed by Jess Gibson From the site: Passion combines with creativity in this documentary that features a selection of AFOLs (Adult Fans Of LEGO) from the Pacific NorthWest. (URL) (...) (15 years ago, 20-Feb-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.fun.community, FTX)
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| | (Update) Regarding to $6,000 worth of LEGO stolen - been found
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Some of Fremont family's stolen LEGO recovered from stolen truck By Ben Aguirre Jr. Oakland Tribune Updated: 02/17/2010 10:25:27 AM PST FREMONT, CA — A late-night phone call brought good news to Mark and Jannet Benz some of their stolen (...) (15 years ago, 17-Feb-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | $6,000 worth of LEGO stolen from man's truck
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LEGO San Franciso Street Scenes Stolen From Truck February 10, 2010 FREMONT, CA -- Fremont police asked for the public's help Wednesday in locating several elaborate Lego scenes of San Francisco landmarks that were stolen out of a locked truck (...) (15 years ago, 11-Feb-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | 2010 Brickworld Theme
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover After much deliberation, the Brickworld Team is excited to announce that the theme for this year's event is: 2010: Bricks In Space So, let's all try to work something "spacey" into our displays somewhere in (...) (15 years ago, 10-Feb-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX)
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| | German and Italian language add-on for MLCad 3.30 available
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Hi folks, I upgraded the German and Italian language add-on for MLCad. Both add-ons are now fit for version 3.30. You'll find the .zip-files along with a tutorial for how to change the language interface at: German - (URL) - (URL) w. (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad) !
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| | Collectible Brick Show!!!
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Just released, A huge Collectible Brick Show will be held Sunday July 18th at the Ramada Inn 1083 Route 206 north Bordentown New Jersey 9am-4pm where Lego Collectors & Fans Meet. DOOR PRIZES!! 50 TABLES!!! Featuring, New Set, Retired Sets, Old Sets, (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Announcements of one type or another...it's been a while!
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Hi all, it's been some time since I posted here about BrickJournal, and for those wondering, no I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. Far from it. And I'll be telling you what's been going on... BrickJournal BrickJournal has grown from an (...) (15 years ago, 8-Feb-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.publish.brickjournal, lugnet.events, FTX) !
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| | LDraw.org Parts numbering scheme for parts with unknown numbers.
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The LSC has just ratified the LDraw.org Parts numbering scheme for parts with unknown numbers. It should allow to add parts to the library where the part number is not known. As the systematic that is used up to now has reached its limits this (...) (15 years ago, 5-Feb-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Registration open for Bricks by the Bay Convention April 9-11 2010, Fremont California
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The San Francisco Bay area in California is hosting a new LEGO convention later this spring called Bricks by the Bay. The event will be held in Fremont on April 9-11, 2010. You can now (URL) for Bricks by the Bay> on our website. Hurry - early (...) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.events, lugnet.announce, FTX) !!
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| | Updated Unofficial parts pack for LeoCAD
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Following LeoCAD official parts update ((URL) here is an new version of my unofficial parts pack. It contains all LDraw unofficial parts available as of February 4, 2010. (URL) (15 years ago, 4-Feb-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Brick Dice
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Hi all, I'm betting there's a fairly large overlap between LEGO-geeks and game-playing-geeks. For that audience I present these "brick dice". Instead of digits 1-6 on the faces, I have building block representations with one to six "studs" showing. (...) (15 years ago, 30-Jan-10, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGOLAND® Florida : A new theme park
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Yes that's right LEGOLAND® is coming to Florida. As mention and reported from different websites. News was leaked Wednesday afternoon in e-mails that the former home of Cypress Gardens Adventure Park in Winter Haven, Florida has been purchased and (...) (15 years ago, 21-Jan-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | GallaghersArt.com Forums now open
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I just made my own forums live over the weekend. The main purpose at this time is to allow me to release some of the LDraw files that go with some of my MOC’s, enable more info to be posted without creating more pages and bogging down my main site, (...) (15 years ago, 12-Jan-10, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LEGOCLICK.COM : Find Your Inspiration
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ENFIELD, Conn., Jan. 11, 2010 /PRNewswire/ Great Ideas Just CLICK: LEGO Systems Launches Program to Celebrate Moments of Inspiration -LEGO® Photo, the First Official LEGO iPhone Application, Available for Free Download- -Original Short Film and Blog (...) (15 years ago, 12-Jan-10, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.4
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I just finished the next update for DATHeader. The new localisation files will now be supported and for entering the keywords you can now choose from the keywords that are already used in other official parts. For this new functions you will need to (...) (15 years ago, 10-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDTranslator Update (1.0.5.3)
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I have just finished version 1.0.5.3. New is the possibility to create from LDTranslator a 'language pack' for each language as zip file that can be used like the update zip files for the library. I hope you like this. Download from (URL) (15 years ago, 9-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDTranslator released
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I released today LDTranslator 1.0.5.0 It can be used to create the localisation files according the LDraw.org Localisation Guideline ((URL) can download that tool (windows only) from (URL) (15 years ago, 8-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDDMaker Version 1 Released
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Some time ago I finished LDDMaker but I think I have forgotten to make it public. Here it is now. This app makes it easier to create Shortcut_Physical_Colour files. You can download from (URL) hope you like it. cu mikeheide (15 years ago, 7-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | LDraw.org Localisation Guideline ratified
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The LSC has just ratified the LDraw.org Localisation Guideline. It should be a guideline for implementing localisations for the LDraw System of Tools. Read more here: (URL) Heidemann On behalf of the LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) (15 years ago, 7-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0.3
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I have just uploaded the current version of DATHeader. Now the colour names that are shown to you in DATHeader can be localised. Also two new checks are integrated for scaling of primitives. There are some primitives that should not be scaled in any (...) (15 years ago, 3-Jan-10, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Brickworld Registration Open
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The team at Brickworld is excited to announce that registration for the 2010 event at the Westin is now open. Preorder items will be posted on the web site soon (including 2 event kits). The theme is (...) (15 years ago, 1-Jan-10, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | MLCad.ini 2009-03 Update Now Available
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Hi folks, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2009-02. The .ini file defines (among other things) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: (URL) w. (15 years ago, 30-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | BrickMaster set 20013 contains 1x3 tiles!
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I got the latest BrickMaster set today, a mini-scale Atlantis submarine. It has a Christmas present inside: two red 1x3 tiles! Yes, you read that right: 1x3 tiles. Tiles. Three studs long, one stud wide. And red. The instructions list them as part (...) (15 years ago, 24-Dec-09, to lugnet.parts, lugnet.inv, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Brickworld Registration & Brickworld Indy
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(URL) Share - Learn - Explore - Discover The team at Brickworld is excited to announce that registration for the 2010 event at the Westin will open on January 1st. We look forward to seeing everyone in Chicago in June. We are presently updating the (...) (15 years ago, 20-Dec-09, to lugnet.events.brickworld, lugnet.fun.community, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, lugnet.events, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.trains, lugnet.castle, lugnet.pirates, lugnet.space, lugnet.people, FTX) !
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| | Bricksmith 2.3.1
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 2.3.1> fixes the following bugs: Empty steps no longer prevent files from being opened Split and Close tooltips appear Split and Close buttons always work Bricksmith requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later, and may be download it at (...) (15 years ago, 15-Dec-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX) !
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| | James Jessiman Memorial Award for 2009 awarded to Tim Courtney
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The SteerCo is pleased to announce that the James Jessiman Memorial Award (JJMA) for 2009 will be awarded to Tim Courtney. Tim's work on behalf of LDraw cannot be understated. Upon the sudden death of James, the LDraw community was in turmoil. Tim (...) (15 years ago, 13-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, lugnet.people) !!
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| | LDraw.org's November 2009 Part of the Month Winners
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Congratulations to the winners of the November 2009 Part Of The Month (POTM) contests: (URL) POTM - Best Part, Electric Power Functions IR Handset Incremental (Complete) by Philippe Hurbain (Philo)> (URL) POTM - Most Desired Part, Tyre 37 x 22 ZR by (...) (15 years ago, 8-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | *** LDView Version 4.1 Released ***
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LDView 4.1 is now available for download from the LDView downloads page here: (URL) Some notable changes: Curve smoothing in POV-Ray exports. Customizable toolbar on Windows and Mac versions. Note: the default toolbar is now missing some features (...) (15 years ago, 6-Dec-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LDConfig Manager 1.0
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Because of the current discussion about the LDConfig.ldr I needed a tool to visualisise all the used colors. So I just coded LDConfig Manager. It is far from beeing complete and maybe buggy, but it works for me. Maybe you are also interested in (...) (15 years ago, 6-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | Color page updated
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Hi folks, the colors page at LDraw.org has been updated: (URL) find links to localized versions of the color table as well as Philo's Visual LDConfig.ldr picture: (URL) w. (15 years ago, 1-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC): Election results
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The winners of the 2009/2010 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) election are (in alphabetical order by last name): Travis Cobbs Mike Heidemann Santeri Piippo Allen Smith Scott Wardlaw Congratulations to the new LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) members! (...) (15 years ago, 1-Dec-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | SCLTC holiday show at Nixon Library
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The Southern California LEGO Train Club ((URL) SCLTC>) opened its first ever show at the (URL) Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum> in Yorba Linda, California earlier this month. SCLTC joined the Train Collector Association ((URL) TCA>) in (...) (15 years ago, 29-Nov-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.trains, lugnet.build, lugnet.trains.org.scltc, FTX) !
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| | DATHeader (The Reviewer Tool) Version 3.0
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Today I have finished the work on the new DATHeader version 3. There are only a few new functions build in but a major redesign of the GUI. I hope you like the changes. As my standard webspace is currently down, you can download the new version from (...) (15 years ago, 21-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Festival of the Masters 2009 & my MOC: Wizard of Oz
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GFLUG participated in the 2009 Festival of the Masters in Downtown Disney (Orlando, FL) in front of the LEGO Imagination Center last weekend (Nov. 13th - 15th). This year's theme for building our creations was "Legends and Icons". This year, we had (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Hispabrick Magazine 006 released
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It's that time again:we are happy to announce the release of Hispabrick Magazine 006 In this issue you will find a couple of articles about builders and their MOCs, a historical overview of Castle, some great ideas on how to clean your LEGO pieces, (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.announce) !
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| | *** LSynth 3.1 Released ***
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Hi folks, Don Heyse, has asked me to announce the release of LSynth 3.1 which is now available for download from: (URL) he has done all the coding for this update. My role was nothing more than whining when things didn't work as I expected them (...) (15 years ago, 18-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw) !!
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw Standards Committee (LSC) Election is open
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The 2009/2010 LDraw Standards Committee[1] election is now open. To vote, please visit (URL) and log in with your user account. Next, visit the ballot page on LDraw.org here: (URL) LDraw organization members may vote and you may vote for up to five (...) (15 years ago, 17-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | LEGO® Launches Battle Over Trademark
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LEGO® Launches Battle Over Trademark Nov. 3, 2009 -Press Association/UKPA- LEGO, maker of the iconic toy brick, is launching a legal bid to win back its trademark. The company was last year stripped of the right to keep the brick's three-dimensional (...) (15 years ago, 6-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC): List of candidates
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Hi folks, I have put together a summary of the LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) 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 (...) (15 years ago, 6-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | (correction) LEGO® Expects 15% Profit Growth in 2009: CEO
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(...) -Correction- LEGO Group CEO corrects erroneous forecast story By Katie Roberts Nov. 4, 2009, 9:53am CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp is keen to correct recent reports on his sales predictions for 2009. The story claimed that the CEO was hoping to post (...) (15 years ago, 5-Nov-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | Stilzkin Igniz offroad vehicle
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(2 URLs) The Stilzkin Igniz is a tracked articulated, all-terrain carrier developed by Stilzkin Inc. for the Russian Army. It is mostly used for (troop) transport, it's not designed to be used in combat. It consists of two units, with all four (...) (15 years ago, 4-Nov-09, to lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | 2009/2010 LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) - Call for Nominations
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Hi folks, it has passed another year since the last election of the LDraw.org Standards Committee (LSC) were held - and again the SteerCo missed the actual deadlines :-( Nominations are now open. All nominations must be received and recorded by (...) (15 years ago, 3-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.announce)
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| | LETGUI new version 1.4.0.0
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I have just uploaded a new version of LETGUI package, that contains the new tool Slicerpro (Version 1.1). You can download the updated package from (URL) (15 years ago, 1-Nov-09, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad)
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| | New LDraw Tool for Parts author: SlicerPro
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(2 URLs) SlicerPro> is not a professional version of some Slicer tool, but a much improved version of my older Projector tool! Not only does it project flat patterns onto 3D shapes, it also slices the pattern along the edges of the former, making (...) (15 years ago, 1-Nov-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX)
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| | LEGO® Expects 50% Profit Growth in 2009: CEO
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LEGO Expects 50% Profit Growth in 2009: LEGO CEO Published: Thursday, 29 Oct 2009 By: Reuters Danish toy company LEGO expects to post a 50% profit growth in 2009, CEO Jorgen Vig Knudstorp told CNBC, and he expects the growth momentum to continue in (...) (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | Bricksmith 2.3
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(2 URLs) Bricksmith 2.3> adds the following features: Configurable viewport arrangements Zoom to Fit Views stay scrolled to center as they change size Colors are more vivid It also fixes the following bugs: Reordering or copying steps no longer (...) (15 years ago, 29-Oct-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.mac, FTX)
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| | NALUG train show, 2009
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I've just finished off web pages for NALUG's display at the 2009 Great Edmonton Train Show. We won first place this year - we had lots of action and trains. You can see the pictures here: (URL) website is slow, but most pages are not large, and I've (...) (15 years ago, 23-Oct-09, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.announce, lugnet.announce.moc)
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| | L(EGO)Draw parts - 3rd batch
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Hi folks, 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 things are a bit different. The package we've got contains also shapes which are (...) (15 years ago, 15-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, lugnet.cad.dat.parts, lugnet.announce, FTX) !
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| | LEGO Emoticon -- Invented. [ : : : : ]
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The LEGO Emoticon: [::::] I came up with this for my badge at BrickCon09. Far as I can tell, I'm the first to use it, although it seems obvious in hindsight. Thought others might find it useful/fun. Enjoy! Rick Clark FUT lugnet.fun (15 years ago, 15-Oct-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.fun) !
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| | Walking Robot Competition Results
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(...) We had several great entries for the Walking Robot competition at BrickCon. Third place: Bryan Bonahoom at 70.55 seconds Second place: Steve Putz at 39.54 seconds First place: Gus Jansson at 30.79 seconds As they've done for so many previous (...) (15 years ago, 7-Oct-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce)
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| | Updated Unofficial parts pack for LeoCAD
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Following LeoCAD official parts update ((URL) here is an new version of my unofficial parts pack. It contains all LDraw unofficial parts available as of October 6, 2009. (URL) (15 years ago, 6-Oct-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.leocad)
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| | Visual LDConfig.ldr
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(URL) As I wanted to see the rendering of the new colors of LDConfig.ldr in various viewers, I created this (URL) MPD file>. It contains not only a brick palette with all colors, but each has a label attached showing its LDraw color. Special thanks (...) (15 years ago, 5-Oct-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad, FTX) !
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 2.0.10
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Because version 2.0.9 has had an serious error in parsing a file (blank lines in the data portion caused errors) I have decided to release a new version today. Also some new features are implemented. 1) If clipboard has text with less than 26 (...) (15 years ago, 4-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 2.0.9
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I just uploaded a new version of DATHeader. 1) Philo claimed that there should be two values for decimal rounding. This is now implemented. 2) Il'dar was very satisfied with the new result window, but HollyWood did miss the detailed information on (...) (15 years ago, 3-Oct-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | A 'New' LUG is born : EuroLUG
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All the information listed below was mention at the 'Skærbæk 2009' event over the weekend in Skærbæk Fritidscenter, Skærbæk, South Denmark. A new LUG is born... An European LEGO User Group : EuroLUG The Organization •EuroLUG is a European LEGO User (...) (15 years ago, 30-Sep-09, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, FTX)
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| | DATHeader Update (The Reviewer Tool) Version 2.0.8
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Just uploaded a new version. New in Version 2.0.8 (Released 27.09.2009) 1) Now detailed scan is disabled if any change has been made. (This was necessary, as detailed scan needs the line number.) 2) History Dialog made new. 3) If last line is only (...) (15 years ago, 27-Sep-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce)
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| | Cute GraphJam posting
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This is cute: (URL) Sinasohn LUGNET #115 BAYLUG (15 years ago, 22-Sep-09, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Dirty Brickster at BrickCon 2009
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BrickCon 2009 will again have a Dirty Brickster on Saturday night. If you want to participate, you have to think ahead to wrap and bring something. If you've done it before: worth $10+ to an AFOL. No junk. Please wrap ahead of time. If you've never (...) (15 years ago, 21-Sep-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.events, lugnet.fun) !
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| | Virtual Lego Room Tour at BrickCon 2009
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After the success of the first Virtual Lego Room Tour at BrickFest 2009 we've decided to do it again at BrickCon. When LUGs have a meeting at a member's house, the one thing that everyone always wants to see is the owner's build area. A Lego Room, a (...) (15 years ago, 21-Sep-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.announce, lugnet.storage, lugnet.events) !
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| | MLCad.ini 2009-02 Update Now Available
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Hi folks, I just updated the MLCad.ini file accordingly to the latest LDraw.org parts update 2009-02. The .ini file defines (among other things) the parts available in MLCad's minifigure generator. Download the file from my website: (URL) w. (15 years ago, 17-Sep-09, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.announce, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Draft at BrickCon 2009
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There will be a draft at BrickCon 2009. It is scheduled for 5:30pm Saturday. The draft set will be 5972 Space Truck Getaway. (URL) participant must bring one copy of the set to the draft, and no participant will be allowed to draft more than one (...) (15 years ago, 16-Sep-09, to lugnet.events.nwbrickcon, lugnet.events, lugnet.announce) !
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