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(...) Ah! Thank you, Wayne. (...) From the rumblings in lugnet.loc.uk, it doesn't seem likely -- people only appreciate Znap when it's on clearance. :-/ Steve (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) The first use is on page 153 (book 2). They're used to make the curves in the body-lines. Steve (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) Were *what*? Steve (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: stl2dat conversion tool beta2
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(...) STL only support triangles. Nurbs (and other geometry) must be converted by the CAD software to triangles. That's why I choosed STL : it already contains triangles and that's very near LDraw format. (In a geometric point of view) (...) Yes, I (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: POV or L3P help
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(...) Ok, now we're talking! Thanks. -Patrick S-L (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: House
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Alan Gerber <foofoogood@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Fpn9n0.H0u@lugnet.com... (...) Nice driveway and landscaping, but I hope your house is located in a warm climate! (Only the front door of the house shows up ;-) -John Van (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: New Part - Space Binoculars - (Unkown part number)
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Paul Easter <pneaster@aol.com> wrote in message news:FpDxy6.H27@lugnet.com... (...) working (...) Nice job! -John Van (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Re: hoses
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Hi, I've written a very simple but useable hose bending spreadsheet. You enter the angle you want i.e 180 degrees gives a semi-circle arc. The length is consistent. I uploaded a model 6586-98 earlier today which shows its output. I'm trying to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Suggestion for interprocess communication
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(...) Yes, :-(((( (...) No problem :-) Hope you feel weel again soon ... (...) The only problem is if there are apps accepting CF_TEXT but doesn't know about LEGO at all, you will loose a part :-( Private formats which are registers with just one (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 6585-98 Hang Glider [DAT]
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Hi, This is my first post of a mpd so just cut & paste the following into 6585.mpd and load. I have a hose bend speadsheet if anyone is interested RSJ Feedback is always appreciated 0 FILE 6585.dat 0 6585-99 Hang Glider 0 Name: main.dat 0 Author: R (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) There were flexible axles in the Znap (motorized) sets. But they are much different than the ones in the 8448. The ones in Znap are "drive" axles, they allow the motor to be in one orientation and the item(s) driven to be in another. It uses a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.znap, lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Suggestion for interprocess communication
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(...) Yeah, well. I'm using Borland Delphi, and I suppose there are easy support for D&D there too, although I've never used it. (...) Of course it's possible - nothing is impossible! If it's worth the effort is another question :-) (...) Ever tried (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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Which page of the 8448 instructiosn are the parts you are talking about on? Scott A Steve Bliss wrote in message ... (...) were (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: stl2dat conversion tool beta2
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(...) GREAT TOOL ! I haven't had time to check if the stl supports NURBS, or is it just a normal poligon based format ? I have currently the TECHNIC Tire and Wheel done, the ones that came with the 8880 Super Car model (without the lines/optional (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | stl2dat conversion tool beta2
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A new release of stl2dat is available here (URL) creates now standard primitives n-4cyli.dat and n-4edge.dat. Some bugs have also been removed. stl2dat is an utilitary tool to convert .stl files issued from CAD software like Solidworks, Autocad, and (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for interprocess communication
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(...) I agree that it is more effort for none MFC applications. (...) Not realy, since if you want to make sure your program is working on all computers no matter whats installed you have to make a static build, which means your application get (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) Can you revisit Technica and say that again? He removed this information from the page. Fredrik (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for a part
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(...) version (...) Ok, Ok, It's me again... I have found this part on another set #6837 "Cosmic Creeper". (URL) this set the part is at a square 90 degrees. No Kidding, I even had my wife compare this part to the one in the #6903 "Bug Blaster" set. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) Yeah, I agree here. (...) Ok, will do. I'll at least play around with it to get a feel. Is it WYSIWYG? (I guess I'll find out)... -Tim (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) Well, I don't like the idea of asking someone to install runtimes before "my" program will work. It looks cheesy, I think, and unprofessional. And it certainly wasn't an option for the company I was doing this project for or for me, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Looking for a part
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(...) 9- (...) Oops! I forgot, the part number I have is 30209(blue) Paul (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Looking for a part
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(...) guess it would be 'Bracket 1x2 - 4x4 Round' or something. I remember John VanZwieten being involved in a discussion of the exact angle of this part[1], and I thought it was posted and/or submitted, but now I can't find it. (...) copy. (...) of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: POV or L3P help
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Patrick Sayre-Little wrote... (...) Yes, you may call it both, see (2 URLs) can avoid the problem using the new -c option in L3P. Grab a "L3P32 v1.1 19991027 BETA" at (URL) also has support for TRANSLATE, ROTATE, SCALE, TRANSFORM meta commands. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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(...) Acording to technica they were. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for MLCad.
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(...) I (...) enable such a (...) selections. This means if (...) there are more (...) Cool! I guess I'll be looking for version 1.8 soon then :-) (...) I (...) I (...) Didn't think so. Another reason for me to grab the upcomming 1.8. (...) upper (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Ninja and Samurai Minifigs
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I was wondering if anyone has made any Ninja or more specifically Samurai minifigs with armour/swords/guns/flags. I have a really neat idea for a background inspired from the Japanese movie Ran but well, my LDraw parts don't seem to include anything (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | Gryphon Bricks (Mac) -> LDraw database
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I've put together a few pages with an inventory of the Gryphon Bricks parts, and attempted to cross-reference them with LDraw pieces from Steve Bliss' site. Take a look at: (URL) is a first pass: there are some mistakes here and there, and quite a (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.db.brictionary)
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| | 8448 Flexible Axles (was Re: Parts from 8448 not LDrawn)
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[FUT lugnet.cad.dev] Can anyone confirm or deny that the flexible axles in the 8448 Supercar were first released in Znap sets? Thanks! Steve (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.technic, lugnet.znap)
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| | Re: Suggestion for interprocess communication
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Michael Lachmann skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Sigh, I suppose it makes sense, using 'real' drag & drop, although I'm not very keen on adding a ton of OLE into my program. Nor to think about developing time... Most MFC solutions are *massive* (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Suggestion for MLCad.
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Michael Lachmann skrev i meddelandet ... (...) I see it on Win98 too! Ooops, that's version 1.6 I'm using - time to get a new one... <downloading> <testing a little> Not seen it yet in 1.7 but who knows? The best fix is to drop C++ and MFC and (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Suggestion for MLCad.
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(...) Suggestion: I add an option to the settings where you can enable such a feature. If enabled I zoom to the center of all selections. This means if there is only one part selected, I zoom to it's center. If there are more parts I zoom to the (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Suggestion for MLCad.
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(...) just zoom this view (...) valid. But you also (...) in this mode. (...) because it will be (...) I can't help but think that I speak for the majority when I say that when I click on the zoom button I want it to use the currently selected part (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Suggestion for MLCad.
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(...) When you zoom by right clicking in one of the views you just zoom this view and the current center remains the same. When you use the zoom mode to zoom views the same thing is valid. But you also have the option to zoom while holding the shift (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Suggestion for MLCad.
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I am using a pentium 133 and still pleased. However, my monitor is 14 inch and i have some minor problems with the building views. It seems to me that, whenever i rescale th same center of the model is selected. So going to a larger scale some parts (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Suggestion for MLCad.
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(...) Good idea! I will try my best :-) Michael (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Suggestion for interprocess communication
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I talked to Anders Isakson about the drag & drop feature. Since he told me that nothing is fixed now, I would like to suggest another way of implementing the drag & drop feature: Since Windows has a real drag & drop mechanism, which is realy easy to (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Suggestion for MLCad.
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I think it would be great if you could sort the parts list in the upper window by the column headings. That way I could sort by color, get all my blue pieces in a row, select them all easily and then change their color with just a few mouse clicks. (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | House [DAT]
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Here's a house. Alan 0 Untitled 0 Name: house2.dat 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3857.DAT 1 0 0 0 -480 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 0 0 80547.DAT 1 15 -60 -8 -280 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 3068.DAT 1 15 -60 -8 -240 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Questions about Datsville.
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Here are some questions about Datsville. 1. Has anyone updated the town in the past 3 months? 1A. Speaking of updating, Has ANYONE seen the updates I made to all of the traffic signals? 2. Have any new buildings been completed, with the intention of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Sv: Taking Pictures of Models
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You can also change the viewangel when making steps. Use "add rotation step" and set the angels. If you add several "rotation steps" in the end of the file, you can view the complete model from your different defined angels. -- Med venlig hilsen (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LdLite 1.6.1 (maybe)
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(...) Hmmm, my latest code for LdGLite displays the whole path to the file on the title bar. I've been switching between it and ldlite to check on those 'other characters'. However I've delayed posting the latest ldglite to my web site because I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | LDS and Animation - Suggestions Needed! [DAT]
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Again, I have plans to make animation automated using LDS. But I think this means I need to handle formatted text strings for file names. Also, IF - THEN would be handy, and not that complicated, I guess. A simple example: Z=100 FOR F=1 TO 16 I=I+1 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Looking for a part
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Did anyone ever post the bracket which holds the 4x4 faceted hemisphere? I guess it would be 'Bracket 1x2 - 4x4 Round' or something. I remember John VanZwieten being involved in a discussion of the exact angle of this part[1], and I thought it was (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LdLite 1.6.1 (maybe)
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(...) I think my problems in IE5 have to do with the 'other characters' that ldlite doesn't like. But that's just a guess. Steve (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) So? In many more cases, the VB runtimes will *not* be installed. And the not-installed machines are more likely to be run by the technically-un-savvy. An easy-to-use installer doesn't do any good if it won't run on the majority of machines. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Gyphon Bricks? (CAD for the Mac)
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In lugnet.cad, Steve Bliss writes: [...] (...) It's not a bad little program. The biggest limitations I can find are: - fixed color palette (no clear bricks, those these were hacked in later) - only horizontal orientation (no angular or 90-degree (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Gyphon Bricks? (CAD for the Mac)
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(...) It's newer than LDraw... My mom has a copy of Gryphon Bricks, for Windows. The kids play it when they're at her house. It's not a bad program, fairly easy to use, but it should be considered a lego-virtual-clone, as many of the pieces are not (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | I need parts, and I can make you famous
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Well, I can make you a little bit famous. I need two parts modeled for a series of articles I'm writing for the O'Reilly Network ((URL) Anyone who models these parts for me will be acknowledged by name (including a web link, if you wish) in the body (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Why is my transparency greyed out?
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(...) Uuuupps, this should work ... I will have a look at this ... Michael (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: LdLite 1.6.1 (maybe)
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(...) As" (...) Don't bother, it turns out the "Save As" code was in another source file (ldlitedoc.cpp vs ldliteview.cpp) where it got overlooked. I'll give it another shot this weekend. I'm a bit curious why it didn't work in IE5 for you, but that (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Why is my transparency greyed out?
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(...) more often you can (...) color-button and (...) I LIKE this. Do you think you can fix the pop-up color names so that they display the customized color instead of the original color? Thanks, Will (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Why is my transparency greyed out?
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(...) Yes that should work. And if you use transparent colors more often you can customize your color-toolbox by rightclicking on the color-button and selecting a different color. Michael (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Taking Pictures of Models
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(...) modify the default 3D-viewing-angle in the MLCad settings before creating the pictures. Michael (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Sheriff's torso - Original town element
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(...) I could really use the various decorated elements from the shell promo sets, to make my petrol station look better. I am particularly wanting any of the stickers from the pumps set and the tanker set and also the torso with the shell logo (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Argh! Need Help with POV-Ray
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On Mon, 7 Feb 2000 19:19:01 GMT, "Coby Bassett" <coby@exo.com> wrote: <technical info snipped> Hey wow! It works! ^_^ Thanks alot. ^_^ Kya (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | set 6568? xtreme dragsters
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Does anyone have this set and has LDraw? I need Instructions for the set. Can anyone help? (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Model Rendering
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I need some help. I want to build a program that will render Dat files like MLCad. The only problem is MLCad is it is in C. -- Legoer, Adam Ogle (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: LDraw to QuickTime was Re: Usefull little feature
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(...) Wow, that was quick :) I was thinking, though that one *Huge* advantage of being able to do this through LdLite, is that when you generate the QTVR matrix, It could be made to rotate the model in teh horizontal axis and step through the (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Gyphon Bricks? (CAD for the Mac)
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(...) Oh, bad form, replying to myself. After downloading the demo, I picked up the software for a discount, since it's so old. I'll give it a whirl, and if I can pick apart the file format, maybe I'll try to get it playing nice with lDraw... - Mike (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Sheriff's torso - Original town element
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(...) non (...) I tend to produce original parts for specific purposes - which is also the reason I modify pre-existing parts - such as a percolating idea about a square Town roadsign, for a state highway marker. Is there a TLG torso/other (...) (25 years ago, 8-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Gyphon Bricks? (CAD for the Mac)
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Anyone have any experience with this software? Being a Mac user, I'm jealuous of all the lDraw activity in my midst... :-) I found a copy in a nearby store for about $10... I'm tempted to get it, just for the pure geek factor. (And maybe I can hack (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Why is my transparency greyed out?
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(...) like I used to on (...) I had this difficulty too :-) Click on the "More" button to bring up the color dialog box. Click on the slider to the right of that dialog box to access the transparent colors. Hope that helps, Will (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) That is all well and good but remember that is a lot of cases the vb runtime dlls are going to be installed anyway, when things like LDAO or the like are installed. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Correct name for hose subfiles in OMR models?
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What is the correct name for hose subfiles in OMR models? What about subfiles for other stuff such as if I put a chain made from the technic links in a subfile? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Why is my transparency greyed out?
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Having loaded MLCad I can't select transparent colours like I used to on V1.5. Any suggestions as to what I've done. (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | My first model : a trailer for 8880, to carry 8422 motorbike [DAT]
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Here it's my first Dat model... It's a little trailer you can use with 8880 Supercar. It's made to carry 8422 motorbike. I must admit i had to use a little wire to fix 2739 technic Steering Link on the technic plate 2x4 with Hole, but it is the only (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Re: Taking Pictures of Models
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I too was just playing around and realized you can't "snap" any angle besides 3-D. Am I too missing something?? Brett (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.mlcad)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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Larry: (...) [...] (...) Probably. It's a mess to use (IMO), but you can get pretty good results with it. Play well, Jacob (who generally claims total ignorance of Windows) ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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Steve Bliss wrote: < don't use a VB based installer> That is the truth!!! In spades. Trust me. Been there, did that, got the T-Shirt. (...) InstallShield? (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: Argh! Need Help with POV-Ray
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(...) Yes, it does indirectly. That error means that it sees something called "LG_WALL_WIDTH" in the file lg_2348.inc but it hasn't been told what this means yet. So you'll need to put something at the top of your POV file that will tell it what it (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LdLite 1.6.1 (maybe)
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I downloaded, and tried it. Didn't seem to help IE5 much. Also, the "Save As" went a bit flaky, wouldn't reliably save files. Sorry I don't have more detail, I could work on it a bit more. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: Organizing the LDraw CD-ROM
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(...) You *don't* want to use a VB-based program as an installer. Before a VB program can run, all the VB-runtime files have to be installed. This means that the setup program has to install multi-megabytes of *system* files before the user sees (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev, lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw)
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| | Re: LDraw CD-ROM Project
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(...) If we're going to talk money, we should - Decide on a name for the group - Pick some bylaws - Elect a treasurer Once we've got a treasurer, that person can obtain an account, and deal with collections and payments. Steve (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw CD-ROM Project
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(...) The general public wouldn't know if it's a CD or CD-R. The only way to tell is (a) your obsolete CD drive can't read CD-R disks (b) you have a CD-R(W) drive or software which reports the type of the disc. Steve (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: ldglite (ldlite for OpenGL and Linux) new stuff
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(...) Hmm. POV-Ray description files could possibly handle step-wise construction by playing with the timer (clock?), a feature used to produce animation files. I haven't played much with POV-Ray since I took up LDraw, especially not authoring (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: MLCad Parts Problems - Help!
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(...) One possibility is that the update installed somewhere other than where it should have. Make sure there's a file 30363.dat file in the c:\ldraw\parts\ directory. If it's not there, search your hard drive for the file. If you find it, the other (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Usefull little feature idea for Ldite [was: Re: Help with LDLite]
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(...) You mean we gotta wait? Oh, that is *so* unfair! In other words: I can't wait! :-, Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw to QuickTime was Re: Usefull little feature
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I added transparency. You can see how it comes out rendered on a RAGE II+ (my original G3/233 or anything newer.) I took some pictures of 3823.dat (2x4x2 windscreen). And I accidentally made a 30% translucent Car.. the one you were complaining the (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I didn't know how transparency is coded for in a DAT file so I didn't write any code to handle it--it would be simple enough to translate. A lot of polygons fail to reflect light because I was not sure about surface normals. My program just (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDraw to QuickTime was Re: Usefull little feature
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(...) goes (...) Hmmm, so your program generates its own render code? The examples on your site look a little crunchy. I can't tell, is it rendering transparent parts at all? It looks like it is making them black. Since I tend to make trmendously (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | 101pMC1.dat - for indy44-0.dat [DAT]
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here is fourth custom part 0 Plate 1 x 3 with Mcdonalds #44 side 0 Name: 3623pmc1.dat 0 Author: Thomas Burger <tburger666@aol.com> 1 16 10 4 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 stud3.dat 1 16 -10 4 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 stud3.dat 1 16 0 8 0 26 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 6 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 2431pMC1.dat - for indy44-0.dat [DAT]
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here is third custom part 0 Tile 1 x 4 with Mcdonalds #44 side Pattern 0 2431pmc1.dat 2 24 -40 0 10 0 0 -10 2 24 -20 0 10 40 0 -10 2 24 0 0 10 40 0 0 4 14 -20 0 10 40 0 -10 0 0 -10 -40 0 10 2 24 -34 0 -8 -31 0 -6 2 24 -34 0 -8 -32.60 0 -1 2 24 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 3298pMC1.dat - for indy44-0.dat [DAT]
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here is second custom part 0 Slope Brick 33 3 x 2 with ??? Pattern 0 3039p??.dat 2 24 0 5.4 -20.68 -20 0 -10 2 24 0 5.4 -20.68 20 0 -10 3 14 -20 0 -10 0 5.4 -20.68 20 0 -10 3 14 -20 0 -10 0 5.4 -20.68 20 0 -10 3 16 0 5.4 -20.68 20 5.4 -20.68 20 0 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 3039pMC1.dat - for indy44-0.dat [DAT]
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here is first custom part 0 Slope Brick 45 2 x 2 with ??? Pattern 0 3039p??.dat 2 24 -20 14.286 -24.286 20 20.0004 -30.0004 3 12 -20 14.286 -24.286 20 20.0004 -30.0004 -20 20.0004 -30.0004 2 24 -11 6.21441 -16.2144 -9 6.21441 -16.2144 2 24 -9 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.parts)
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| | 1999 Mcdonalds "drive thru crew" conversion indy car! [DAT]
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here is a nice model , but needs the following parts as well, found in dat.parts: 3298pmc1 101pmc1 3039pmc1 2431pmc1 all these parts can be acheived with stickers, so it is possible to make this. 0 Indy car 2000 Mcdonalds 0 Name: Indy44-0.dat 0 (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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| | Help with normal textures...
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When I render the attached file, I get ugly horizontal and vertical lines, as shown here: (URL) someone please try rendering it and see if you get the same results? Does anyone know how to fix this? Thanks, --Bram // begin file // light_source { < (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.ray)
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| | LDraw to QuickTime was Re: Usefull little feature
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I played with the QuickTime tools and my converter last night. The process goes like this: Process a DAT file with LTrans.pl (my program) to get a .3dmf file (8k) Use 3D Movie Maker on that to get a .mov file (8k) At this point you have a QuickTime (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLITE problem
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Thanks Bram, that was the problem. Also, thanks Paul for helping me as well! (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Usefull little feature idea for Ldite [was: Re: Help with LDLite]
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(...) step (...) Thanks, Erik! I'll look into the conversion to QTVR. The only way I've done it is by feeding the QTVR Builder an image matrix of individual frames, but it only stands to reason that QTVR can convert from a QT movie... but then, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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I just put a patched ldlite on my site. The repackaged binary is at (URL) the source is at (URL) someone confirms that these actually work then I'll add them to the main ldglite page there. This version should work with paths with space characters (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: POV or L3P help
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(...) Very cool, thanks. --Patrick S-L (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How do I get a MPD File splitter to work
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(...) You might try doing it from within MLCad. I was suffering a clue shortage but finally got it to work by (gasp) reading the instructions. (...) If you ask a question in a group, it's proper netiquette to follow the group at least until your (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: How do I get a MPD File splitter to work
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David Walton: (...) I think there is an old binary at (URL) (I have fixed the reference to CWSDPMI). (...) Yes. I haven't got access to DOS at the moment, so I can't make DOS binaries myself. (...) Only if you need the newest edition. The older ones (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | How do I get a MPD File splitter to work
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OK I found a utiliity to create a LDraw MPD file on the ldraw.org website. How do I get an MPD file which I downloaded from the net into individual files. The source code has already been compiled by Steve Bliss for the create program. I have found (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: ldglite (ldlite for OpenGL and Linux) new stuff
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(...) Another nice thing about LDraw type programs is that you see the model being built as it renders, unlike POV, where you just see the final image. --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLITE problem
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(...) Have you tried using only 8 characters for your directory name? --Bram Bram Lambrecht / o o \ BramL@juno.com ---...---oooo-----(_...o---...--- WWW: (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: ldglite (ldlite for OpenGL and Linux) new stuff
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Paul: (...) Yes (what a mess). As a mathematician and physicist I prefer right-hand rectangular coordinate systems with the first two coordinates (x and y) in the plane and the last coordinate (z) having the positive direction up. The units should (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLITE problem
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Sorry, in my post I said "Heavy Mech" which was supposed to be just "HeavyMech", so you see I didn't use any spaces or non-standard characters and it still didn't work. (...) my (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: Usefull little feature idea for Ldite [was: Re: Help with LDLite]
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I have written a straight-to-QuickTime converter for DAT files. I don't know about making a QTVR file, but, it makes a 3DMF file which you convert in 1 step to a MOOV. The movie rotates the model in realtime in any QuickTime player. I am pretty (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| | Re: LDLITE problem
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The solution is easy: Don't use a space in the folder name, or any other non-standard character, like ( or ). Keep an eye out for Don Heyse's immenent release of LDLite 1.6.1 at (URL) which fixes the bug. -gyug (...) start (...) FRIGGIN' (...) FATE (...) (25 years ago, 6-Feb-00, to lugnet.cad)
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