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(...) Umm... There is no 2003-03, the most current is 2003-02 -Orion (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) I believe Orion is working out getting this posted. Alternatively, you can visit: (URL) All of the old site files are under /OLD/ -Tim (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) a) On the Virtual LEGO CD-ROM book and b) On the LDraw.org webiste (BUT NOT JUST YET) as when they did the transfer from the old LDraw server to the new and redsiegned the site we forgot to update the parts updat page. So I'm not sure how much (...) (21 years ago, 14-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Where can this be found? The latest I can see on ldraw.org is 2003-02 (from August 1). Or was that a typo? Thanks. --Travis (21 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) I just ordered it through the Amazon.com link on the lugnet.books page - only $27.97, and free shipping, too! I'm really looking forward to getting this book, I know I've only scratched the surface of what the LDraw family of tools can do... (...) (21 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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snip (...) Here is a rundown of what versions are on the CD-ROM in the Virtual LEGO book. LDraw Parts 2003-03 (latest version as of right now 12 Oct 03) MLCad 3.00 LDView (note 1) L3P latest version L3PAO 1.3.8 POV-Ray 3.1 (note 2) MegaPov 0.7 (note (...) (21 years ago, 13-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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Hi Alfred - (...) Great! I hope the book helps you learn the POV techniques. Ahui penned those chapters, and I edited them. I learned most of what I know about POV from going through his work! He did a great job with it. (...) Ahui also handled the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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Got mine in the mail today, and I am going throught it slowly. All looks pretty cool, and I keep finding things that I didn't know existed. I also can't weait to try rendering things with POVray, et al. I wanted to do that for a long time, but it (...) (21 years ago, 12-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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I am currently reading Virtual LEGO amd it is excelent!! I highly recommend it. Lester Witter (21 years ago, 12-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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Mine, pre-ordered ages ago, arrived from amazon.co.uk today! I now have both Ldraw books, but it's too early for me to draw comparisons. I left it on the table today when my father-in-law visited, and after browsing through it for 1/2 hour or so he (...) (21 years ago, 11-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Hey, you're welcome! AFAIK we Swedes have now ordered three copies, not bad considering we're but a handful of AFOL's! /Tobbe (21 years ago, 11-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.se)
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Hi Tim, Congrats to all the co-authors on the long-awaited completion. As you can imagine, I have a highly intense "professional" desire to read this book 8?) It sure sounds intriguing. I'll definitely let you know my impressions. Keep up the good (...) (21 years ago, 11-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Thanks Tobbe! Also thanks for digging up the info for Swedish readers to purchase it. -Tim (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, lugnet.loc.se)
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(...) Thanks, Jake! Everyone here should know Jake spent hours going over rough edits of some of the chapters in this book with me. I have to partially credit him with helping me form the ideas and structure in it. You da man! (...) Go to BIP. There (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Wow. Thanks, Kevin. This praise means a tremendous amount to me coming from you, friend and co-author of the first book devoted exclusively to LDraw tools. I'm delighted to be hearing so many good reports on the book, but this one is (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Ah, "finished" [1] "reading" [2] it last night. What a treat! I sure hope it's succesful so we can have sequels, your building technique has improved quite a lot since these first stories, not that there's anything wrong with them. /Tobbe 1. (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.books)
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(...) Tim, Steve and Ahui, Congratulations on your new book! I scanned through the signed copy Tim gave me, thanks Tim. I am quite impressed. I did a quick scan of the LPub and LSynth sections and you represent them very well. I've been studying the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Now that the title bar says "LDraw.org :: The Central Site for LDraw Family of LEGO CAD Software" you are correct. I'm grateful that got changed. (...) Kevin (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Hi James - Good question. Right now we're working on the bylaws drafts for LDraw.org (they're coming along quite nicely) and within them will include the proper accounting mechanism for this. Its definitely a part of the plan to earmark some (...) (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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(...) Acually, the only real mention of Tim, Steve, and Ahui's book is in the books section. Your book is also listed there and given the same prominance. I do see your point though. -Orion (21 years ago, 10-Oct-03, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.books, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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