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Subject: 
Re: different idea for cockpit
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lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space
Date: 
Thu, 14 Dec 2000 17:56:56 GMT
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How do you make that computer generated model with the LEGO?


"Jonathan Mizner" <mizners@aol.com> wrote in message
news:G5K7Hv.1pv@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.build.mecha, Franklin W. Cain writes:
In lugnet.cad.ray, Franklin W. Cain writes:

I came up with what I thought was an unusual orientation
for a cockpit for a spaceship or mecha.  I quickly built
a set of mecha legs for it, and created some images,
which I posted here:

"http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/fwcain/items/walker00.jpg"
"http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/fwcain/items/walker01.jpg"

I've armed it now:
"http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/fwcain/items/walker_armed.jpg"



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  Re: different idea for cockpit
 
(...) Check out "lugnet.cad"... I used MLCAD to "render" (display) my DAT file (Lego-CAD *_data_* file), and then I used L3P (and L3P-Add-On) to create the necessary POV code to ray-trace the image. Then, I used MSPhotoEditor to convert the bitmap (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.cad)

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  Re: different idea for cockpit
 
(...) Awesome! Is it top-heavy, though? Really neat design, but I can never be satisfied unless a model has lots of firepower. Why not mount a swivel turret underneath the joint, and include a vertical hinge. Then you'll have a powerful, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space)

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